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The Karoo basins of south-central Africa
- O. Catuneanu, H. Wopfner, +4 authors P. J. Hancox
- Geology
- 1 October 2005
The Karoo basins of south-central Africa evolved during the first-order cycle of supercontinent assembly and breakup of Pangea, under the influence of two distinct tectonic regimes sourced from the… Expand
Changing fluvial environments across the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin, South Africa and possible causes of tetrapod extinctions
- R. Smith
- Geology
- 1 August 1995
Abstract The Karoo Supergroup is a 12 km thick succession of sedimentary rocks that accumulated in a large intracratonic retroarc foreland basin in southwestern Gondwana. The strata record 100… Expand
Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira
- S. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, R. B. Irmis, K. Angielczyk, R. Smith, Linda A. Tsuji
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 4 March 2010
The early evolutionary history of Ornithodira (avian-line archosaurs) has hitherto been documented by incomplete (Lagerpeton) or unusually specialized forms (pterosaurs and Silesaurus). Recently, a… Expand
Pattern of vertebrate extinctions across an event bed at the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa
The extinction of vertebrates around the time of the Permian-Triassic boundary has long been regarded as a gradual event occurring over millions of years. Our new field investigations of fluvial… Expand
Vertebrate extinction across Permian–Triassic boundary in Karoo Basin, South Africa
- G. Retallack, R. Smith, P. Ward
- Geology
- 1 September 2003
Distinct assemblages of paleosols above and below the Permian–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa are evidence for reorganization of ecosystems following this greatest of all mass… Expand
The recovery of terrestrial vertebrate diversity in the South African Karoo Basin after the end-Permian extinction
Abstract The southern half of the main Karoo Basin in South Africa contains an almost continuous stratigraphic record of terrestrial sedimentation through the Permo-Triassic boundary (PTB). Detailed… Expand
A review of the stratigraphy and sedimentary environments of the Karoo-aged basins of Southern Africa
- R. Smith, P. G. Eriksson, W. Botha
- Geology
- 1993
Abstract The Karoo Basin of South Africa was one of several contemporaneous intracratonic basins in southwestern Gondwana that became active in the Permo-Carboniferous (280 Ma) and continued to… Expand
A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia
- R. Butler, R. Smith, D. Norman
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 August 2007
Although the group played an important role in the evolution of Late Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, the early evolutionary history of the ornithischian dinosaurs remains poorly understood. Here, we… Expand
Helical burrow casts of therapsid origin from the Beaufort Group (Permian) of South Africa
- R. Smith
- Geology
- 1987
Abstract Large helical burrow casts of vertebrate origin have been discovered at several localities in the lowermost strata of the Teekloof Formation of the Beaufort Group (Permian) in the… Expand
Anatomy of a mass extinction: Sedimentological and taphonomic evidence for drought-induced die-offs at the Permo-Triassic boundary in the main Karoo Basin, South Africa
- R. Smith, J. Botha-Brink
- Geology
- 15 February 2014
Abstract The southern part of the Karoo Basin of South Africa contains a near complete stratigraphic record of the Permo-Triassic boundary (PTB). Isotope- and magneto-stratigraphy confirm that these… Expand