Supplemental Material: Permian–Middle Triassic floral succession in North China and implications for the great transition of continental ecosystems

Description of studied sections, biostratigraphy of Lopingian–Middle Triassic in North China, the results of statistical analysis, R scripts, and Supplementary Data Files: (1) Geological distributions of fossil plants, sporomorphs and fossil woods; (2) Detailed descriptions of floras in North China; (3) Plant genera distributions and number of genera in each stratigraphic unit; (4) Plant zones, subzones and assemblages from Cisuralian to Anisian in North China; (5) Invertebrate genera distributions and number of genera in each stratigraphic unit; (6) Insect genera distributions and number of genera in each stratigraphic unit; (7) Vertebrate genera distributions and number of genera in each stratigraphic unit; (8) Global floral changes from Lopingian to Middle Triassic; (9) Hygrophyte, mesophytes and xerophyte element distributions; (10) Hygrophte and Xerophyte ratios.