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Article: Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low latitudes of eastern Panthalassa

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2014
Page(s): 547 – 589
Author(s): <p>Richard Hofmann, Michael Hautmann, Arnaud Brayard, Alexander N&uuml;tzel, Kevin G. Bylund, James F. Jenks, Emmanuelle Vennin, Nicolas Olivier and Hugo Bucher</p>
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HOFMANN, R., BRAYARD, A., NÜTZEL, A., BYLUND, K.G., JENKS, J.F., VENNIN, E., OLIVIER, N. and BUCHER, H., 2014, Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low latitudes of eastern Panthalassa. Palaeontology, 57, 3, 547–589. doi: 10.1111/pala.12076

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  • Richard Hofmann - Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (email: richard.hofmann@pim.uzh.ch)
  • Michael Hautmann - Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (email: michael.hautmann@pim.uzh.ch)
  • Arnaud Brayard - UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France (email: arnaud.brayard@u-bourgogne.fr)
  • Alexander Nützel - SNSB-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, GeoBio-Center LMU, München, Germany (email: a.nuetzel@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
  • Kevin G. Bylund - Spanish Fork, UT, USA (email: kevin@ammonoid.com)
  • James F. Jenks - West Jordan, UT, USA (email: jenksjimruby@comcast.net)
  • Emmanuelle Vennin - UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France (email: emmanuelle.vennin@u-bourgogne.fr)
  • Nicolas Olivier - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement, UMR CNRS 5276, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne Cedex, France (email: nicolas.olivier@univ-lyon1.fr)
  • Hugo Bucher - Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (email: hugo.fr.bucher@pim.uzh.ch)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 7 MAY 2014
  • Article first published online: 11 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 26 AUG 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 13 JUN 2013

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Swiss National Science Foundation. Grant Number: 200020_140350/1
Région Bourgogne
CNRS INSU Interrvie
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Grant Number: 96/6-1

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