Palaeobiology: Rapid succession during mass extinction

Michael J. Benton

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.043

Palaeobiology: Rapid succession during mass extinction

Michael J. Benton

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The mass extinction at the end of the Permian period was a time of considerable ecological upheaval. A new study shows that in Southern Africa top predators replaced each other in succession across the end-Permian interval, suggesting that ecological crisis preceded the mass extinction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R436-R440
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	33
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.043
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2023

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