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Plants—the great survivors!
Author(s) -
CascalesMiñana Borja,
Servais Thomas,
Cleal Christopher J.,
Gerrienne Philippe,
Anderson John
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/gto.12250
Subject(s) - extinction event , paleontology , geology , late devonian extinction , paleogene , ordovician , context (archaeology) , permian , devonian , cretaceous , extinction (optical mineralogy) , carboniferous , biological dispersal , population , demography , structural basin , sociology
The marine fossil record shows five mass extinctions at the Ordovician–Silurian, Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian), Permian–Triassic, Triassic–Jurassic and Cretaceous–Palaeogene transitions. However, only one of these significantly disrupted plant evolution. We clearly need to look again at what we really mean by mass extinctions events, especially in the context of the so‐called sixth mass extinction occurring today.