A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic   of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery

doi:10.1038/srep07142

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	A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery
	Liu, Jun ; Hu, Shi-xue ; Rieppel, Olivier ; Jiang, Da-yong ; Benton, Michael J. ; Kelley, Neil P. ; Aitchison, Jonathan C. ; Zhou, Chang-yong ; Wen, Wen ; Huang, Jin-yuan ; Xie, Tao ; Lv, Tao
刊名	scientific reports
	2014
关键词	PERMIAN MASS-EXTINCTION SOUTHWESTERN CHINA MIXOSAURID ICHTHYOSAUR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS TROPHIC LEVELS DIVERSITY EVOLUTION SPECIMEN ANATOMY PATTERN
DOI	10.1038/srep07142
英文摘要	The presence of gigantic apex predators in the eastern Panthalassic and western Tethyan oceans suggests that complex ecosystems in the sea had become re-established in these regions at least by the early Middle Triassic, after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME). However, it is not clear whether oceanic ecosystem recovery from the PTME was globally synchronous because of the apparent lack of such predators in the eastern Tethyan/western Panthalassic region prior to the Late Triassic. Here we report a gigantic nothosaur from the lower Middle Triassic of Luoping in southwest China (eastern Tethyan ocean), which possesses the largest known lower jaw among Triassic sauropterygians. Phylogenetic analysis suggests parallel evolution of gigantism in Triassic sauropterygians. Discovery of this gigantic apex predator, together with associated diverse marine reptiles and the complex food web, indicates global recovery of shallow marine ecosystems from PTME by the early Middle Triassic.; Multidisciplinary Sciences; SCI(E); PubMed; 0; ARTICLE; junliu@hfut.edu.cn; 7142; 4
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/341584]
专题	地球与空间科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Jun,Hu, Shi-xue,Rieppel, Olivier,et al. A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery[J]. scientific reports,2014.
APA	Liu, Jun.,Hu, Shi-xue.,Rieppel, Olivier.,Jiang, Da-yong.,Benton, Michael J..,...&Lv, Tao.(2014).A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery.scientific reports.
MLA	Liu, Jun,et al."A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery".scientific reports (2014).