Fungal event and palynological record of ecological crisis and recovery across the Permian-Triassic boundary

@article{Eshet1995FungalEA,
  title={Fungal event and palynological record of ecological crisis and recovery across the Permian-Triassic boundary},
  author={Yoram Eshet and Michael R. Rampino and Henk Visscher},
  journal={Geology},
  year={1995},
  volume={23},
  pages={967-970}
}
The end of the Permian Period was marked by the most severe mass extinction in the geologic record. Detailed quantitative study of pollen and spores from shallow-marine deposits spanning the Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) boundary in Israel reveals a sequence of palynological-ecological stages reflecting a major crisis among land plants. The disappearance of the gymnosperm-dominated palynoflora of the Late Permian Lueckisporites virkkiae Zone is recorded at a claystone horizon containing almost… 
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