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dolo P/t Project
Section of Geology
The dolo P/T Project (The Permian-
Triassic ecological crisis in the dolomites:
extinction and recovery dynamics in Terrestrial
ecosytems) is funded by the Research
department of the Autonomous
Province of Bolzano. its working group is
composed of researchers from the naturmuseum
südtirol/Museo di scienze naturali
dell’Alto Adige, utrecth university
and national natural history Museum
‘naturalis’, and Museo delle scienze. The
Permian-Triassic (P-T) extinction event
occurred 251.4 ±0.3 million years ago
and is considered the most severe extinction
event of the Phanerozoic, with a loss
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of at least 50% of families both within the
terrestrial and the marine ecosystems,
corresponding to an estimated loss of
between 75% and 96% of all species.
The general aim of the project is to
understand the composition and spatiotemporal
relationships of the late Permian
and early-Middle Triassic terrestrial
ecosystems of the eastern southern Alps.
The rate of extinction within the terrestrial
realm and the time and mode of the
plant and animal biotic recovery are investigated
to understand if the Permian-Triassic
ecological crisis documented in the
southern Alps mirrors the global pattern.
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