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Luoping in China is source of exceptionally preserved marine fossils. These tell the story of the recovery of life following the devastating Permo-Triassic mass extinction.
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Documenting, step-by-step, how life recovers from near-annihilation is a key contribution of the fossil record. Luoping in China offers this opportunity, showing a marine ecosystem at the point of recovery of nearly complete complexity, 8 million years after the mass extinction.
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This page is a summary of: The Luoping biota: exceptional preservation, and new evidence on the Triassic recovery from end-Permian mass extinction, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2010, Royal Society Publishing,
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2235.
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