Suppressed competitive exclusion enabled the proliferation of Permian/Triassic boundary microbialites

William J. Foster; Katrin Heindel; Sylvain Richoz; Jana Gliwa; Daniel J. Lehrmann; Aymon Baud; Tea Kolar‐Jurkovšek; Dunja Aljinović; Bogdan Jurkovšek; Dieter Korn; Rowan C. Martindale; Jörn Peckmann

doi:10.1002/dep2.97

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Suppressed competitive exclusion enabled the proliferation of Permian/Triassic boundary microbialites

William J. Foster

Katrin Heindel Sylvain Richoz Jana Gliwa Daniel J. Lehrmann

Aymon Baud

Tea Kolar‐Jurkovšek Dunja Aljinović Bogdan Jurkovšek Dieter Korn

Rowan C. Martindale

Jörn Peckmann

The Depositional Record Vol. 6 No. 1 pp. 62-74 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractDuring the earliest Triassic microbial mats flourished in the photic zones of marginal seas, generating widespread microbialites. It has been suggested that anoxic conditions in shallow marine environments, linked to the end‐Permian mass extinction, limited mat‐inhibiting metazoans allowing for this microbialite expansion. The presence of a diverse suite of proxies indicating oxygenated shallow sea‐water conditions (metazoan fossils, biomarkers and redox proxies) from microbialite successions have, however, challenged the inference of anoxic conditions. Here, the distribution and faunal composition of Griesbachian microbialites from China, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Slovenia and Hungary are investigated to determine the factors that allowed microbialite‐forming microbial mats to flourish following the end‐Permian crisis. The results presented here show that Neotethyan microbial buildups record a unique faunal association due to the presence of keratose sponges, while the Palaeotethyan buildups have a higher proportion of molluscs and the foraminifera Earlandia. The distribution of the faunal components within the microbial fabrics suggests that, except for the keratose sponges and some microconchids, most of the metazoans were transported into the microbial framework via wave currents. The presence of both microbialites and metazoan associations were limited to oxygenated settings, suggesting that a factor other than anoxia resulted in a relaxation of ecological constraints following the mass extinction event. It is inferred that the end‐Permian mass extinction event decreased the diversity and abundance of metazoans to the point of significantly reducing competition, allowing photosynthesis‐based microbial mats to flourish in shallow water settings and resulting in the formation of widespread microbialites.

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Published: Nov 20, 2019
Vol/Issue: 6(1)
Pages: 62-74
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Authors

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William J. Foster

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity Berlin Germany; Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Potsdam Potsdam‐Golm Germany; Jackson School of Geosciences University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA

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Katrin Heindel

Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology University of Vienna Vienna Austria

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Sylvain Richoz

Department of Geology Lund University Lund Sweden; Institute of Earth Sciences Graz University Graz Austria

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Jana Gliwa

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity Berlin Germany

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Daniel J. Lehrmann

Geosciences Department Trinity University San Antonio TX USA

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Aymon Baud

Institute of Earth Sciences Lausanne University Lausanne Switzerland

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Tea Kolar‐Jurkovšek

Geological Survey of Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenia

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Dunja Aljinović

Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

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Bogdan Jurkovšek

Geological Survey of Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenia

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Dieter Korn

Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity Berlin Germany

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Rowan C. Martindale

Jackson School of Geosciences University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA; Department of Geological Sciences University of Texas at Austin Austin TX USA

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Jörn Peckmann

Institut für Geologie Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany

Funding

Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS Award: P1‐0011

Marie Curie Award: ET Microbialites 299293

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William J. Foster, Katrin Heindel, Sylvain Richoz, et al. (2019). Suppressed competitive exclusion enabled the proliferation of Permian/Triassic boundary microbialites. The Depositional Record, 6(1), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.97

Suppressed competitive exclusion enabled the proliferation of Permian/Triassic boundary microbialites

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