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Science 21 July 2000:
Vol. 289. no. 5478, pp. 432 - 436
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5478.432
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Pattern of Marine Mass Extinction Near the Permian-Triassic Boundary in South China

Y. G. Jin,1* Y. Wang,1 W. Wang,1 Q. H. Shang,1 C. Q. Cao,1 D. H. Erwin2

The Meishan section across the Permian-Triassic boundary in South China is the most thoroughly investigated in the world. A statistical analysis of the occurrences of 162 genera and 333 species confirms a sudden extinction event at 251.4 million years ago, coincident with a dramatic depletion of delta 13Ccarbonate and an increase in microspherules.

1 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China.
2 Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ygjin{at}public1.ptt.js.cn

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