New insights into the extinction and recovery of marine vertebrates across the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event in the Dolomites, Southern Alps, Italy
Baran Karapunar, Andrzej S. Wolniewicz, Carlo Romano, Péter Ozsvárt, Heriberto Rochín-Bañaga, Evelyn Kustatscher, Stella Z. Buchwald, Francesca Galasso, Donald Davis, Adriana López‐Arbarello, Herwig Prinoth, Massimo Bernardi, William Joseph Foster
The paper reports new fossil findings from the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Dolomites, suggesting ecological changes and a rapid recovery of apex predators after the mass extinction.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2025Paleontology