Graph Showing the Break Point Analysis (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Graph Showing the Break Point Analysis

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Graph showing the break point analysis. Red circles are the seven Triassic faunas, and the size of the circle represents the total number of specimens. The break point was discovered by the statistical model at 232 million years ago, the time of the Carnian extinction, driven by climate change caused by massive volcanic eruptions.

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Mike Benton, University of Bristol

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