Recovery tempo and pattern of marine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction

Research Article| August 01, 2011 Recovery tempo and pattern of marine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction Haijun Song; Haijun Song 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China2School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Paul B. Wignall; Paul B. Wignall * 2School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK *E-mails: p.wignall@see.leeds.ac.uk; jntong@cug.edu.cn. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Zhong-Qiang Chen; Zhong-Qiang Chen 3School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jinnan Tong; Jinnan Tong * 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China *E-mails: p.wignall@see.leeds.ac.uk; jntong@cug.edu.cn. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar David P.G. Bond; David P.G. Bond 2School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Xulong Lai; Xulong Lai 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Xiaoming Zhao; Xiaoming Zhao 4Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Wuhan 430205, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Haishui Jiang; Haishui Jiang 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chunbo Yan; Chunbo Yan 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Zhijun Niu; Zhijun Niu 4Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Wuhan 430205, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jing Chen; Jing Chen 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hao Yang; Hao Yang 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Yongbiao Wang Yongbiao Wang 1State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Geology (2011) 39 (8): 739–742. https://doi.org/10.1130/G32191.1 Article history received: 18 Feb 2011 accepted: 14 Mar 2011 first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Haijun Song, Paul B. Wignall, Zhong-Qiang Chen, Jinnan Tong, David P.G. Bond, Xulong Lai, Xiaoming Zhao, Haishui Jiang, Chunbo Yan, Zhijun Niu, Jing Chen, Hao Yang, Yongbiao Wang; Recovery tempo and pattern of marine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction. Geology 2011;; 39 (8): 739–742. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G32191.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract High-resolution sampling of more than 10,000 microfossils from seven Late Permian−Middle Triassic paleoequatorial sections in south China refutes claims for a 5 m.y. recovery delay after the end-Permian mass extinction. We show that level-bottom seafloor diversity began to recover in the early Smithian, little more than 1 m.y. after the mass extinction, while recovery of reef-building metazoans began 4 m.y. later, in the Anisian. A further mass extinction in the late Smithian, identified in the pelagic fossil record, is weakly manifest as a temporary pause in diversification among benthic communities. In the Early Triassic of south China, the offshore diversity increase began before then, in shallower settings. The recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction in south China was therefore significantly more rapid and environmentally more complex than hitherto known. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.