Early regional sauropodomorph fossils from 200.17 Ma suggest post-Triassic mass extinction dinosaur colonization in low paleolatitudes, likely due to Central Atlantic Magmatic Province stressors and increased climate seasonality, according to chemostratigraphic and astrochronological analysis of a core from the Kunming Basin in China.
- Jianbo Chen
- Yi-Ning Niu
- Zhuo Feng