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

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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 1,2; Hu, Shi-xue ; Rieppel, Olivier 3; Jiang, Da-yong ; Benton, Michael J.; Kelley, Neil P.; Aitchison, Jonathan C.; Zhou, Chang-yong ; Wen, Wen ; Huang, Jin-yuan
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2014
卷号	4 页码:-
ISSN号	2045-2322
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.
学科主题	古生物学
WOS关键词	PERMIAN MASS-EXTINCTION ; SOUTHWESTERN CHINA ; MIXOSAURID ICHTHYOSAUR ; MARINE ECOSYSTEMS ; TROPHIC LEVELS ; DIVERSITY ; EVOLUTION ; SPECIMEN ; ANATOMY ; PATTERN
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
WOS记录号	WOS:000346251700001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.197/handle/2HKVOGP0/40348]
专题	中国地质调查局成都地质调查中心
作者单位	1.China Geol Survey, Chengdu Ctr, Chengdu 610081, Peoples R China 2.Hefei Univ Technol, Sch Resources & Environm Engn, Hefei 230009, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Field Museum, Ctr Integrat Res, Chicago, IL 60605 USA 5.Peking Univ, Dept Geol & Geol Museum, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 6.Benton, Michael J.] Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England 7.Kelley, Neil P.] Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Paleobiol, Washington, DC 20013 USA 8.Aitchison, Jonathan C.] Univ Sydney, Sch Geosci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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,2014,4:-.
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,4,-.
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 4(2014):-.