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

Autor(en)

Jacopo Dal Corso, Massimo Bernardi, Yadong Sun, Haijun Song, Leyla J. Seyfullah, Nereo Preto, Piero Gianolla, Alastair Ruffell, Evelyn Kustatscher, Guido Roghi, Agostino Merico, Sönke Hohn, Alexander R. Schmidt, Andrea Marzoli, Robert J. Newton, Paul B. Wignall, Michael J. Benton

Abstrakt

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 and terrestrial ecosystems is not well understood. Here, we present a meta-analysis of fossil data that suggests a substantial reduction in generic and species richness and the disappearance of 33% of marine genera. This crisis triggered major radiations. In the sea, the rise of the first scleractinian reefs and rock-forming calcareous nannofossils points to substantial changes in ocean chemistry. On land, there were major diversifications and originations of conifers, insects, dinosaurs, crocodiles, lizards, turtles, and mammals. Although there is uncertainty on the precise age of some of the recorded biological changes, these observations indicate that the Carnian Pluvial Episode was linked to a major extinction event and might have been the trigger of the spectacular radiation of many key groups that dominate modern ecosystems.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Paläontologie

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Leeds, China University of Geosciences, Museo delle Scienze di Trento, University of Bristol, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Università degli Studi di Padova, Universitá degli studi di Ferrara, Queen's University Belfast, Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Leibniz Zentrum fur Marine Tropenforschung, Jacobs Universität Bremen, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Journal

Science Advances

Band

6

Seiten

1-12

Anzahl der Seiten

12

ISSN

2375-2548

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0099

Publikationsdatum

09-2020

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

105117 Paläobotanik, 105205 Klimawandel, 105121 Sedimentologie, 105118 Paläontologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

General

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 14 – Leben unter Wasser, SDG 15 – Leben an Land, SDG 13 – Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/extinction-and-dawn-of-the-modern-world-in-the-carnian-late-triassic(17a1b074-787e-4c4c-b75c-4bef2e6f5ac3).html