CA–ID–TIMS U–Pb ages from the Meishan section place the main end-Permian extinction interval between 251.941 ± 0.037 and 251.880 ± 0.031 Ma, lasting about 60 ± 48 kyr in that calibrated succession.
claim:event:end-permian-extinctionHigh-precision timeline for Earth's most severe extinction
Burgess, S.D.; Bowring, S.; Shen, S.-Z.
Year2014
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1073/pnas.1317692111
Fitness and scope
range · event-mechanism · geochronology · methods