Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review

M Romano, M Bernardi, FM Petti, B Rubidge… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME, ca. 252 Mya) was one of the most
severe biotic crises of the Phanerozoic, eliminating> 90% of marine and terrestrial species …

Tetrapod turnover during the Permo-Triassic transition explained by temperature change

J Liu, F Abdala, KD Angielczyk, CA Sidor - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Global temperatures significantly changed from the late Permian to the Early Triassic: the
Earth transformed from a cool world to a hothouse climate. This transition undoubtedly had a …

A new archosauriform species from the Panchet Formation of India and the diversification of Proterosuchidae after the end-Permian mass extinction

MD Ezcurra, S Bandyopadhyay… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proterosuchidae represents the oldest substantial diversification of Archosauromorpha and
plays a key role in understanding the biotic recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction …

The paleoclimatic context for South American Triassic vertebrate evolution

AC Mancuso, BLD Horn, CA Benavente… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic Period was the setting for the origin and early diversification of
Mesozoic ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction. The study of the Triassic is …

[HTML][HTML] A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem …

SNF Spiekman, NC Fraser, TM Scheyer - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The historical clade “Protorosauria” represents an important group of archosauromorph
reptiles that had a wide geographic distribution between the Late Permian and Late …

Non-mammaliaform cynodonts from western Gondwana and the significance of Argentinean forms in enhancing understanding of the group

F Abdala, LC Gaetano, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrestrial Triassic assemblages are an important component of the heritage of Argentina,
particularly because of their diverse record of fossil vertebrates. Triassic basins from western …

South American Triassic geochronology: Constraints and uncertainties for the tempo of Gondwanan non-marine vertebrate evolution

RB Irmis, R Mundil, AC Mancuso… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gondwanan sedimentary deposits preserve a rich archive of Triassic non-marine vertebrate
evolution. This fossil record is integral to understanding early Mesozoic global change …

The stem-archosaur evolutionary radiation in South America

MD Ezcurra, FC Montefeltro, FL Pinheiro… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
The oldest archosauromorphs (dinosaurs, birds, crocodiles, and their stem-taxa) are
recorded in middle− upper Permian rocks, but it was not after the Permo− Triassic mass …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of torpor in the tusks of Lystrosaurus from the Early Triassic of Antarctica

MR Whitney, CA Sidor - Communications Biology, 2020 - nature.com
Antarctica has hosted a wide range of ecosystems over the past 500-million years. Early in
the Mesozoic, the Antarctic portion of southern Pangaea had a more habitable climate, but …

A re-assessment of the osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic, large-headed reptile Sphodrosaurus pennsylvanicus (Late Triassic, Pennsylvania …

MD Ezcurra, HD Sues - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Most Triassic terrestrial diapsids belong to two clades, Lepidosauromorpha or (the more
diverse) Archosauromorpha. Nevertheless, the phylogenetic relationships of some Triassic …