Permian and Triassic greenhouse crises

GJ Retallack - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Paleoclimatic time series from Permian and Triassic paleosols reveal transient episodes of
unusually warm and wet conditions, interrupting long periods of cool and dry conditions …

Biogeomorphological eco-evolutionary feedback between life and geomorphology: a theoretical framework using fossorial mammals

D Corenblit, B Corbara, J Steiger - The Science of Nature, 2021 - Springer
Engineer organisms not only adapt to pre-existing environmental conditions but also co-
construct their physical environment. By doing so, they can subsequently change selection …

End-Permian burnout: The role of Permian–Triassic wildfires in extinction, carbon cycling, and environmental change in eastern Gondwana

C Mays, S McLoughlin - Palaios, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Wildfire has been implicated as a potential driver of deforestation and continental
biodiversity loss during the end-Permian extinction event (EPE;∼ 252 Ma). However, it …

Nuttalliella namaqua: A Living Fossil and Closest Relative to the Ancestral Tick Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Blood-Feeding in Ticks

BJ Mans, D de Klerk, R Pienaar, AA Latif - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Ticks are monophyletic and composed of the hard (Ixodidae) and soft (Argasidae) tick
families, as well as the Nuttalliellidae, a family with a single species, Nuttalliella namaqua …

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 …

Synchrotron reveals Early Triassic odd couple: injured amphibian and aestivating therapsid share burrow

V Fernandez, F Abdala, KJ Carlson, DC Cook… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Fossorialism is a beneficial adaptation for brooding, predator avoidance and protection from
extreme climate. The abundance of fossilised burrow casts from the Early Triassic of …

Biostratigraphy of the Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

J Botha, RMH Smith - South African Journal of Geology …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The earliest Triassic (Induan) Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone has long been
recognised as a particularly significant biozone in palaeoecological and …

Non-mammalian synapsids: the deep roots of the mammalian family tree

KD Angielczyk, CF Kammerer - Mammalian evolution, diversity and …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Mammals are arguably the most conspicuous tetrapods in the modern biota. Although there
are fewer extant mammal species (~ 5,500) than birds (~ 10,000) or squamates (~ 10,000) …

Permo-Triassic tetrapods and their climate implications

J Liu, KD Angielczyk, F Abdala - Global and Planetary Change, 2021 - Elsevier
The narrow active temperature ranges of ectothermic tetrapods can be used as proxies for
reconstructing paleoclimates. Here we deduce the climatic preferences of major Permo …

The cranial morphology, phylogenetic position and biogeography of the upper Permian dicynodont Compsodon helmoedi van Hoepen (Therapsida, Anomodontia)

KD Angielczyk, CF Kammerer - Papers in Palaeontology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Compsodon helmoedi is an obscure dicynodont originally described based on a single
specimen from the upper Permian of the Karoo Basin. The discovery of three new …