Synchronous palynofloristic extinction and recovery after the end-Permian event in the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica: Implications for palynofloristic turnover across Gondwana

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Lindström, Sofie, McLoughlin, Stephen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: Geology; Antarctica; palaeobiogeography; extinction; recovery; Permian-Triassic transition; palynostratigraphy; Prince Charles Mountains; Glossopteris; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/603590; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.09.002

In the Prince Charles Mountains (PCMs) the conformable Permian-Triassic (P-T) succession is characterised by an abrupt transition from coal-bearing to coal-lacking strata, which coincides with the demise of the Permian Glossopteris-dominated flora. About 32% of the typical Permian spores and pollen...