First known fire scar on a fossil tree trunk provides evidence of Late Triassic wildfire

2014/06/23 by Bruce A. Byers, Sidney R. Ash, Dan S. Chaney +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Fire effects on ecosystems #Fossil wood #Geography #Geology #Paleontology #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Taphonomy #Trunk

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.009

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Citations

• High-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona, USA): Temporal constraints on the early evolution of dinosaurs

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• Late Triassic [wikipedia]