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Size Variation of Conodonts During the Smithian–Spathian (Early Triassic) Global Warming Event

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The Early Triassic Smithian–Spathian Boundary (SSB) crisis coincided with an episode of extreme warmth. A high-resolution stratigraphic framework comprising six conodont zones is provided in the Jiarong section, Nanpanjiang Basin, in South China. Detailed size measurements of 441 conodont elements of the closely related genera Neospathodus, Triassospathodus, and Novispathodus show for the first time that this clade suffered a temporary, but significant, size reduction during the SSB crisis. The size reduction of conodonts was probably caused by an episode of global warming.

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  1. Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Yanlong Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China

    Yanlong Chen, Haishui Jiang, Xulong Lai, Chunbo Yan, Yadong Sun, Xiaodan Liu & Lina Wang

  3. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

    Richard J. Twitchett

  4. Austrian Academy of Sciences c/o Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Sylvain Richoz

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ciências da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    Rogério Rocha

  2. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia Ciencias da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    João Pais

  3. Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    José Carlos Kullberg

  4. Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

    Stanley Finney

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Chen, Y. et al. (2014). Size Variation of Conodonts During the Smithian–Spathian (Early Triassic) Global Warming Event. In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_5

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