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The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The rhynchosaurian archosauromorphs are an important and diverse group of fossil tetrapods that first appeared during the Early Triassic and probably became extinct during the early Late Triassic (early Norian).
Butler, Richard J.   +2 more
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Climatic and eustatic controls on the development of a Late Triassic source rock in the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This work was undertaken as part of the continuing work of CASP in East Greenland. The sponsoring companies are thanked for their continued support of this work. Help in the field by T. Kinnaird and useful discussions with A.
Andrews, Steven D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The rise of the ruling reptiles and ecosystem recovery from the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2018
One of the key faunal transitions in Earth history occurred after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction (ca 252.2 Ma), when the previously obscure archosauromorphs (which include crocodylians, dinosaurs and birds) become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates.
M. Ezcurra, R. Butler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate warming, euxinia and carbon isotope perturbations during the Carnian (Triassic) Crisis in South China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Carnian Humid Episode (CHE), also known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, and associated biotic changes are major enigmas of the Mesozoic record in western Tethys.
Bond, D.P.G.   +8 more
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A Triassic spider from Italy [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2013
A new fossil spider from the Triassic (Norian) Dolomia di Forni Formation of Friuli, Italy, is described as Friularachne rigoi gen. et sp. nov. This find brings the number of known Triassic spider species to four. The specimen is an adult male, and consideration of various features, including enlarged, porrect chelicerae, subequal leg length, and ...
Dalla Vecchia, F.M., Selden, Paul A.
openaire   +6 more sources

Textural characteristics, mode of transportation and depositional environment of the Stormberg Group in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: evidence from grain size and lithofacies analyses

open access: yesGeologos, 2022
The Stormberg Group comprises the Molteno, Elliot and Clarens formations and is one of four stratigraphical groups that make up the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa.
Chima Priscilla, Baiyegunhi Christopher
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Baluti Formation at Sararu village, Ora Anticline, Iraqi Kurdistan : a stratigraphic and geochemical approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Open access through Springer Compact Agreement Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Colin Taylor and Walter Ritchie from University of Aberdeen for their technical support and assistance with laboratory work.
Bowden, S. A.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The estimation of the timing of major divergences in early mammal evolution is challenging due to conflicting interpretations of key fossil taxa. One contentious group is Haramiyida, the earliest members of which are from the Late Triassic.
Beck, RMD, King, B
core   +2 more sources

REVIEW OF EARLY TRIASSIC THYLACOCEPHALA

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2021
Thylacocephala (Euarthropoda: Eucrustacea?) is a group of enigmatic fossil euarthropods, known from at least the Silurian to the Cretaceous. The Triassic is considered to be the period during which thylacocephalans were the most diversified with 17 species reported from 19 localities in nine countries.
Laville, Thomas   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Decoupled taxonomic and ecological recoveries from the Permo-Triassic extinction

open access: yesScience Advances, 2018
After the enormous Permian-Triassic mass extinction, marine animals high in the food chain recovered the most quickly. The Permian-Triassic mass extinction was the worst crisis faced by life; it killed >90% of marine species in less than 0.1 million ...
Haijun Song, P. Wignall, A. Dunhill
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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