Studies of the end-Permian mass extinction have emphasized potential abiotic causes and
their direct biotic effects. Less attention has been devoted to secondary extinctions resulting …

The geological persistence of biotic assemblages and their reorganization or destruction by
mass extinctions are key features of long-term macroevolutionary and macroecological …

The end-Permian mass extinction is well-known as the most severe mass extinction of the
Phanerozoic. Terrestrial communities appear to have been strongly affected by the event …

The fossil record contains exemplars of extreme biodiversity crises. Here, we examined the
stability of terrestrial paleocommunities from South Africa during Earth's most severe mass …

The fossil record presents palaeoecological patterns of rise and fall on multiple scales of
time and biological organization. Here, we argue that the rise and fall of species can result …

A review of the literature shows that understanding of biotic restructuring following the
Permo-Triassic mass extinction (PTME) is typically based on only a few components of the …

The aftermath of the great end-Permian period mass extinction 252 Myr ago shows how life
can recover from the loss of> 90% species globally. The crisis was triggered by a number of …

The Permian-Triassic mass extinction was the worst crisis faced by life; it killed> 90% of
marine species in less than 0.1 million years (Ma). However, knowledge of its …

The history of Earth's biodiversity is punctuated episodically by mass extinctions. These are
characterized by major declines of taxon richness, but the accompanying ecological …

Earth's largest biotic crisis occurred during the Permo–Triassic Transition (PTT). On land,
this event witnessed a turnover from synapsid-to archosauromorph-dominated assemblages …