Plants—the great survivors!

[en] The marine fossil record shows five mass extinctions at the Ordovician–Silurian, Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian), Permian–Triassic, Triassic–Jurassic and Cretaceous–Palaeogene transitions. However, only one of these significantly disrupted plant evolution. We clearly need to look again at what we really mean by mass extinctions events, especially in the context of the so-called sixth mass extinction occurring today. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Geologists' Association & The Geological Society of London

Disciplines :

Earth sciences & physical geography

Author, co-author :

Cascales-Miñana, B.; CNRS, University of Lille, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, Lille, F-59000, France

Servais, T.; CNRS, University of Lille, UMR 8198 – Evo-Eco-Paleo, Lille, F-59000, France

Cleal, C. J.; Department of Natural Sciences, National Museum Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, United Kingdom

Gerrienne, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géologie > Evolution and diversity dynamics lab

Anderson, J.; Evolutionary Studies Institute, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa

Language :

English

Title :

Plants—the great survivors!

Publication date :

2018

Journal title :

Geology Today

ISSN :

0266-6979

eISSN :

1365-2451

Publisher :

Wiley-Blackwell

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

224-229

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