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

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

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba0099

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

View ORCID ProfileJacopo Dal Corso¹,²,*,
Massimo Bernardi³,⁴,
View ORCID ProfileYadong Sun⁵,
View ORCID ProfileHaijun Song²,
View ORCID ProfileLeyla J. Seyfullah⁶,
View ORCID ProfileNereo Preto⁷,
View ORCID ProfilePiero Gianolla⁸,
View ORCID ProfileAlastair Ruffell⁹,
View ORCID ProfileEvelyn Kustatscher¹⁰,¹¹,¹²,
View ORCID ProfileGuido Roghi¹³,
View ORCID ProfileAgostino Merico¹⁴,¹⁵,
View ORCID ProfileSönke Hohn¹⁴,
View ORCID ProfileAlexander R. Schmidt¹⁶,
View ORCID ProfileAndrea Marzoli⁷,
View ORCID ProfileRobert J. Newton¹,
View ORCID ProfilePaul B. Wignall¹ and
View ORCID ProfileMichael J. Benton⁴,*

¹School of Earth and Environments, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
²State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China.
³MUSE–Science Museum, 38122 Trento, Italy.
⁴School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK.
⁵GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
⁶Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria.
⁷Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
⁸Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
⁹School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK.
¹⁰Museum of Nature South Tyrol, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.
¹¹Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany.
¹²SNSB-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, 80333 München, Germany.
¹³Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG-CNR), 35131 Padova, Italy.
¹⁴Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany.
¹⁵Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
¹⁶Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: jacopo.dalcorso{at}gmail.com (J.D.C.); mike.benton{at}bristol.ac.uk (M.J.B.)

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Science Advances 16 Sep 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 38, eaba0099
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0099

Jacopo Dal Corso

1School of Earth and Environments, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

2State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China.

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For correspondence: jacopo.dalcorso@gmail.com mike.benton@bristol.ac.uk

Massimo Bernardi

3MUSE–Science Museum, 38122 Trento, Italy.

4School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK.

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Yadong Sun

5GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.

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Haijun Song

2State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China.

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Leyla J. Seyfullah

6Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien, Austria.

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Nereo Preto

7Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.

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Piero Gianolla

8Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.

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Alastair Ruffell

9School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK.

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Evelyn Kustatscher

10Museum of Nature South Tyrol, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy.

11Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Paleontology & Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany.

12SNSB-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, 80333 München, Germany.

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Guido Roghi

13Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG-CNR), 35131 Padova, Italy.

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Agostino Merico

14Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany.

15Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany.

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Sönke Hohn

14Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), 28359 Bremen, Germany.

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Alexander R. Schmidt

16Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

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Andrea Marzoli

7Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.

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Robert J. Newton

1School of Earth and Environments, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

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Paul B. Wignall

1School of Earth and Environments, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.

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Michael J. Benton

4School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK.

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For correspondence: jacopo.dalcorso@gmail.com mike.benton@bristol.ac.uk

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