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  2. Permian–Triassic extinction event - Wikipedia

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    Permian–Triassic boundary at Frazer Beach in New South Wales, with the End Permian extinction event located just above the coal layer [2]. Approximately 251.9 million years ago, the Permian–Triassic (P–T, P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, [3] the Latest Permian extinction event, [4] the End-Permian extinction event, [5] [6] and colloquially ...

  3. List of extinction events - Wikipedia

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    Griesbachian-Dienerian boundary-event 252 Late eruptions of the Siberian Traps [22] Permian: Permian–Triassic extinction event: 252 Ma Large igneous province (LIP) eruptions [23] from the Siberian Traps, [24] an impact event (the Wilkes Land Crater), [25] an Anoxic event, [26] an Ice age, [27] or other possible causes End-Capitanian ...

  4. Extinction event - Wikipedia

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    Permian–Triassic extinction event: 252 Ma: Trilobites were highly successful marine animals until the Permian–Triassic extinction event wiped them all out. The End Permian extinction or the "Great Dying" occurred at the Permian–Triassic transition. [13]

  5. The Great Dying once wiped out 90% of life on Earth. A new ...

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    Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found. The Great Dying once wiped out 90% of ...

  6. What is a mass extinction, and why do scientists think we’re ...

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    The biggest mass cataclysm of all time, called the end-Permian extinction, occurred 252 million years ago. Some 95% of species disappeared on land and at sea as a result of global warming — with ...

  7. Changhsingian - Wikipedia

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    The Changhsingian ended with the Permian–Triassic extinction event, the largest mass extinction event of the Phanerozoic Era, when both global biodiversity and alpha diversity (community-level diversity) were devastated. [9]

  8. Mystery deepens over cause of Earth's worst mass extinction ...

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    It was the most severe extinction event of the past 500 million years, wiping out 80% to 90% of species on land and in the sea. Mystery deepens over cause of Earth's worst mass extinction event ...

  9. Siberian Traps - Wikipedia

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    The eruptions continued for roughly two million years and spanned the Permian–Triassic boundary, or P–T boundary, which occurred around 251.9 million years ago. The Siberian Traps are believed to be the primary cause of the Permian–Triassic extinction event, the most severe extinction event in the geologic record.