Mass Extinction Events

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When was the end-Ordovician event?
450 Ma
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When was the end-Permian event?
215 Ma
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When was the Triassic event?
200 Ma
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Where is the bolide impact crater?
Ecuador/Mexico
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When was the Oxygen Catastrophe?
2.4 Ba
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When was the Snowball Earth phenomenon?
850-650 Ma
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How many species were wiped out in the Triassic event?
>50% of all species
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How many species were wiped out in the K/T?
75% of all species
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What caused the Permo-Triassic/ End Permian extinction event?
Volcanism: the Siberian Traps
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What were the hardest-hit species of the Ordovician mass extinction event?
trilobites, bivalves, echinoderms
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What were the hardest-hit species of the K/T event?
belemnites, ammonites, pterosaurs, dinosaurs
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What were the hardest-hit species of the Devonian event?
agnathan fish, placoderm fish, conodonts
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What were the hardest-hit species of the Permo-Triassic/Permian event?
insects, brachiopods, ammonites, trilobites
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What were the hardest-hit species of the Triassic event?
conodonts, amphibians
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Mass extinction is defined by...
over 60% of all species going extinct within 1 million years
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