No mass extinction for land plants at the Permian–Triassic transition

It has been thought that land plants suffered a mass extinction along with animals at the end of the Permian. Here, Nowak et al. show that the apparent plant mass extinction is a result of biases in the fossil record and their reanalysis suggests a lower magnitude and more selective plant extinction...

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Autores principales: Hendrik Nowak, Elke Schneebeli-Hermann, Evelyn Kustatscher
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2c05fff0078249b8b77bce555505a366
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Sumario:It has been thought that land plants suffered a mass extinction along with animals at the end of the Permian. Here, Nowak et al. show that the apparent plant mass extinction is a result of biases in the fossil record and their reanalysis suggests a lower magnitude and more selective plant extinction.