Paleobiology: Anatomy of a mass extinction double whammy

Paul B Wignall

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.008

Paleobiology: Anatomy of a mass extinction double whammy

Curr Biol. 2023 Mar 27;33(6):R233-R235. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.008.

Author

Paul B Wignall¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 36977387
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.008

Abstract

The Permo-Triassic mass extinction has been resolved into two closely spaced crises that both saw enormous extinction losses. However, food web modelling suggests they were not ecologically equivalent, only the second destabilised communities.

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MeSH terms

Ecosystem*
Extinction, Biological*
Food Chain
Fossils