The compilation of stratigraphic, sedimentologic, paleontologic and geochronological data
allows the proposal of a regional stratigraphic framework for the Late Permian to Lower …

The numerous explanations for why Earth's biodiversity is concentrated at low latitudes fail
to explain variation in the strength and even direction of the gradient through deep time …

Abundant lake ice-rafted debris in Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic strata of the Junggar
Basin of northwestern China (paleolatitude~ 71° N) indicates that freezing winter …

Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, were key components of Mesozoic
terrestrial ecosystems from their sudden appearance in the Late Triassic until their demise at …

Today, warm-water coral reefs are limited to tropical-to-subtropical latitudes. These diverse
ecosystems extended further poleward in the geological past, but the mechanisms driving …

Dinosaurs dominated Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems globally. However, whereas a pole-to-
pole geographic distribution characterized ornithischians and theropods, sauropods were …

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 …

Archosauria diversified throughout the Triassic Period before experiencing two mass
extinctions near its end∼ 201 Mya, leaving only the crocodile-lineage (Crocodylomorpha) …

Global climate patterns fundamentally shape the distribution of species and ecosystems. For
example, Bergmann's rule predicts that homeothermic animals, including birds and …

The ascendancy of dinosaurs to become dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems
was a pivotal event in the history of life, yet the drivers of their early evolution and …