[meteorite-list] How the world bounced back from Permian-Triassic Extinctions

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 9:05:13 -0600
Message-ID: <20101225100513.KUJRQ.473544.imail_at_eastrmwml49>

How the world bounced back: Massive haul of
20,000 ancient fossils in China shows new life
after biggest mass extinction of all time by Niall
Firth, Mail Online, Dec. 22, 2010.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1340756/Massive-haul-20-000-ancient-fossils-China-life-Earth-bounced-biggest-mass-extinction-time.html

New fossil site in China shows long recovery of life
from the largest extinction in Earth?s history. press
release, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2010/7398.html

Cache in Chinese Mountain Reveals 20,000 Prehistoric
Fossils by Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience, Dec. 21, 2010
http://www.livescience.com/history/prehistoric-fossils-reveal-mass-extinction-recovery-101221.html
and Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093204.htm

The paper is:

Hu, S.-X., Q.-Y. Zhang, Z.-Q. Chen, C.-Y. Zhou, T. Lu,
T. Xie, W. Wen, J.-Y. Huang, and M. J. Benton, 2010,
The Luoping biota: exceptional preservation, and
new evidence on the Triassic recovery from end-
Permian mass extinction. Proceedings of the Royal
Society B (Biology)Published online before print
December 23, 2010, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2235
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/11/rspb.2010.2235

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Paul H.
Received on Sat 25 Dec 2010 10:05:13 AM PST