Untangling the multiple ecological radiations of early mammals

DM Grossnickle, SM Smith, GP Wilson - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2019 - cell.com
The ecological diversification of early mammals is one of the most globally transformative
events in Earth's history and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) and end …

Resolving the relationships of Paleocene placental mammals

TJD Halliday, P Upchurch, A Goswami - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The 'Age of Mammals' began in the Paleocene epoch, the 10 million year
interval immediately following the Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction. The apparently …

The eruptive tempo of Deccan volcanism in relation to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

CJ Sprain, PR Renne, L Vanderkluysen, K Pande… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Late Cretaceous records of environmental change suggest that Deccan Traps (DT)
volcanism contributed to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (KPB) ecosystem crisis …

On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

PM Hull, A Bornemann, DE Penman, MJ Henehan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the
occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary …

Asteroid impact, not volcanism, caused the end-Cretaceous dinosaur extinction

AA Chiarenza, A Farnsworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction, 66 Ma, included the demise of non-avian
dinosaurs. Intense debate has focused on the relative roles of Deccan volcanism and the …

U-Pb geochronology of the Deccan Traps and relation to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

B Schoene, KM Samperton, MP Eddy, G Keller… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The Chicxulub asteroid impact (Mexico) and the eruption of the massive Deccan volcanic
province (India) are two proposed causes of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, which …

Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

TR Lyson, IM Miller, AD Bercovici, K Weissenburger… - Science, 2019 - science.org
We report a time-calibrated stratigraphic section in Colorado that contains unusually
complete fossils of mammals, reptiles, and plants and elucidates the drivers and tempo of …

[HTML][HTML] Island life in the Cretaceous-faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European …

Z Csiki-Sava, E Buffetaut, A Ősi, X Pereda-Suberbiola… - ZooKeys, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Late Cretaceous was a time of tremendous global change, as the final stages
of the Age of Dinosaurs were shaped by climate and sea level fluctuations and witness to …

Calibration of chron C29r: New high-precision geochronologic and paleomagnetic constraints from the Hell Creek region, Montana

CJ Sprain, PR Renne, WA Clemens… - GSA …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary marks one of the most
important biotic turnover events in Earth history. Yet, despite decades of study, the causes of …

Radiometric constraints on the timing, tempo, and effects of large igneous province emplacement

J Kasbohm, B Schoene… - Large Igneous Provinces: A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is an apparent temporal correlation between large igneous province (LIP)
emplacement and global environmental crises, including mass extinctions. Advances in the …