Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)

J Dal Corso, M Bernardi, Y Sun, H Song… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The Carnian Pluvial Episode (Late Triassic) was a time of global environmental changes
and possibly substantial coeval volcanism. The extent of the biological turnover in marine …

Mesozoic rifting evolution of SW Gondwana: a poly-phased, subduction-related, extensional history responsible for basin formation along the Argentinean Atlantic …

JP Lovecchio, S Rohais, P Joseph, ND Bolatti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The opening of the South Atlantic in the Early Cretaceous was the final stage of the complex
rifting history of SW Gondwana. In this contribution we reassess the chronology of Mesozoic …

[HTML][HTML] The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms

MD Ezcurra - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The early evolution of archosauromorphs during the Permo-Triassic constitutes an excellent
empirical case study to shed light on evolutionary radiations in deep time and the timing and …

Triassic faunal successions of the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil

CL Schultz, AG Martinelli, MB Soares… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paraná Basin was filled by a sedimentary package deposited in successive
sedimentation episodes related to the tectonic events that hit the SW portion of the …

U-Pb age constraints on dinosaur rise from south Brazil

MC Langer, J Ramezani, ÁAS Da Rosa - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Triassic dinosaurs from South Brazil are considered as some of the oldest known
worldwide, but their precise correlation to other early dinosaur occurrences have proven …

Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea

MD Ezcurra, LE Fiorelli, AG Martinelli… - Nature Ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
The Triassic period documents the origin and diversification of modern amniote lineages
and the Late Triassic fossil record of South America has been crucial to shed light on these …

Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

FE Novas, FL Agnolin, MD Ezcurra, RT Müller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
Triassic beds from Argentina and Brazil provide the most relevant fossil record of early
dinosauriforms in terms of numerical abundance and taxonomic diversity. This record …

Dinosaur diversification linked with the Carnian Pluvial Episode

M Bernardi, P Gianolla, FM Petti, P Mietto… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Dinosaurs diversified in two steps during the Triassic. They originated about 245 Ma, during
the recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, and then remained insignificant until …

Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)

DB Norman, MG Baron, MS Garcia… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The origin and evolutionary relationships of ornithischian dinosaurs are topics that have
undergone a series of substantial revisions. At present there are several competing …

Characterisation of Triassic rifting in Peru and implications for the early disassembly of western Pangaea

R Spikings, MJ Reitsma, F Boekhout, A Mišković… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Triassic igneous and sedimentary rocks exposed within the basement of the Andes were
deposited in a series of rifts, and may record the early disassembly of western Pangaea …