Lethally Hot Earth Was Devoid Of Life

[glacialerratic]

http://news.national...ce-environment/

[Oxytropidoceras]

Some additional articles about the Early Triassic greenhouse are:

Geochemical analysis of Chinese rocks used to better

understand the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

by Greg Hand, Physorg, October 16, 2012

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-geochemical-analysis-chinese-permian-triassic-mass.html

Tropical Collapse in Early Triassic Caused by Lethal

Heat: Extreme Temperatures Blamed for 'Dead Zone'

ScienceDaily, October, 18, 2012)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121018141844.htm

Early Triassic's Stifling Heat Made Earth Hostile to

Life, Scientists Say by Jenny Marder, October 18, 2012

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/-some-250-million-years.html

Permian–Triassic Extinction Event May Have Been

Driven By Extreme Warming, Huffington Post,

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/permiantriassic-extinction-event_n_1981835.html

The papers are:

Sun, Y., M. M. Joachimski, P. B. Wignall, C. Yan, Y. Chen,

H. Jiang, L. Wang, and X. Lai, 2012, Lethally Hot

Temperatures During the Early Triassic Greenhouse.

Science. vol. 338, no. 6105, pp. 366-370

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6105/366

and

Bottjer, D. J., 2012, Life in the Early Triassic Ocean.

Science. vol. 338, no. 6105, pp. 336-337

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6105/336.summary

Best wishes,

Paul H.

[glacialerratic]

Thanks for the additional articles & papers, Paul.