PALAEONTOLOGY Extinction before the snowball

被引:4
作者
Corsetti, Frank A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Earth Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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MICROBIOTA;
D O I
10.1038/ngeo533
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
A widespread biotic turnover occurred around the time of the Sturtian glaciation. Microfossil analyses show that one regional extinction pre-dates the glacial advance, challenging the more severe models for glacial effects in the Neoproterozoic era.
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页码:386 / 387
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