Paleobiology: Life finds (more than one) way to rebuild
After the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, surviving lineages recovered in different ways. A new study reveals specific recovery trajectories in three different marine groups, some of which refilled lost morphological disparity while others exploited extinction-driven opportunities to innovate.
Authors
- Elizabeth Petsios (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7955-7412)
Institutions
- Baylor University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Biology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.009
- Primary Topic
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00