Biotic and environmental dynamics through the <scp>L</scp> ate <scp>J</scp> urassic– <scp>E</scp> arly <scp>C</scp> retaceous transition: evidence for protracted faunal and ecological turnover
Journal: Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Year: 2016

The Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous interval represents a time of environmental upheaval and cataclysmic events, combined with disruptions to terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Historically, the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) boundary was classified as one of eight mass extinctions. However, more recent research has largely overturned this view, revealing a much more complex pattern of biotic and abiotic dynamics than has previously been appreciated. Here, we present a synthesis of our current know