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Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction

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  • Shucheng Xie

    (University of Bristol
    China University of Geosciences)

  • Richard D. Pancost

    (University of Bristol)

  • Hongfu Yin

    (China University of Geosciences)

  • Hongmei Wang

    (China University of Geosciences)

  • Richard P. Evershed

    (University of Bristol)

Abstract

Mass extinction by degrees The Permian/Triassic boundary, around 240 million years ago, saw one of the most severe extinction events known. New evidence suggests that the ecological crisis at the end of the Permian occurred in at least two distinct episodes. Past populations of photosynthetic cyanobacteria (‘green slime’) leave a molecular fossil, in the form of methylhopanes. These markers in P/Tr sediments in China record a rapid increase in numbers of cyano bacteria after each of two ecological crises.

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  • Shucheng Xie & Richard D. Pancost & Hongfu Yin & Hongmei Wang & Richard P. Evershed, 2005. "Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction," Nature, Nature, vol. 434(7032), pages 494-497, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:434:y:2005:i:7032:d:10.1038_nature03396
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03396
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