Marine Ecological State-Shifts Following the Triassic–Jurassic Mass Extinction

• Published in: The Paleontological Society Papers
• Main Authors: Ritterbush, Kathleen A., Ibarra, Yadira, Bottjer, David J., Corsetti, Frank A., Rosas, Silvia, West, A. Joshua, Berelson, William M., Yager, Joyce A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
• Subjects: General Medicine; Ramp The; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1089332600002989; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1089332600002989

One of the most severe extinction events in Earth history, the Triassic–Jurassic extinction, struck against a backdrop of radical increases in atmospheric CO 2 and supercontinent breakup. This juxtaposition of first-order geophysical and biotic changes produced excellent case studies in Earth-Life T...