The identification of the factors triggering continental environmental changes at Permian–Triassic transition is general interest as they allow a better understanding most controversial mass extinction Phanerozoic. This study investigates response to external forcings on successions south-east-margin Central European Basin System in Germany. Studies from this area are scarce, and its evolution ...

The biotic recovery following the Permian/Triassic boundary mass extinction was influenced by several secondary extinctions during Early Triassic, of which late Smithian crisis is most severe known for some nekto-pelagic organisms such as ammonoids. Smithian-Spathian transition characterized successive global and environmental changes, including a dramatic positive carbon isotopic excursion, oc...

The four most recent large mass extinction events in the Phanerozoic – the Cretaceous–Tertiary (KT), the Triassic–Jurassic (TJ), and the Permo-Triassic (PT) and Guadalupian–Tatarian (GT) doublet – are associated with a major flood basalt eruption, with the timing of peak volcanic activity corresponding within measurement uncertainties to the extinction event. Three magnetic superchrons precede ...

Herrerasauridae comprises a basal clade of dinosaurs best known from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and Brazil, which have yielded remains of Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis and Staurikosaurus pricei, respectively. Systematic opinion regarding the position of Herrerasauridae at the base of Dinosauria has varied. Here we describe a new herrerasaurid, Sanjuansaurus gordilloi gen. n., sp. n., bas...

Abstract The scarce evidence of paleontological records between the upper Permian and Anisian (Middle Triassic) Western Europe could reflect (1) large stratigraphic gaps in continental successions and/or (2) persistence disturbed conditions after Permian–Triassic Boundary extinction event succession ecological crises that occurred during Early Triassic. In this context, study palynological asso...

In addition to their devastating effects on global biodiversity, mass extinctions have had a long-term influence on the history of life by eliminating dominant lineages that suppressed ecological change. Here, we test whether the end-Permian mass extinction (252.3 Ma) affected the distribution of tetrapod faunas within the southern hemisphere and apply quantitative methods to analyze four compo...