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

One of the key faunal transitions in Earth history occurred after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction ( 252.2 Ma), when the previously obscure archosauromorphs (which include crocodylians, dinosaurs and birds) become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates. Here, we place all known middle Permian-early...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 285; no. 1880
Main Authors:	Ezcurra, Martín D, Butler, Richard J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 13.06.2018
Subjects:	Animals Biodiversity Biological Evolution Earth, Planet Ecosystem Extinction, Biological Fossils Paleontology Phylogeny Reptiles - classification evolutionary rates Archosauromorpha Diapsida morphological disparity adaptive radiation biotic crisis
ISSN:	1471-2954, 1471-2954
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