Species Extinction (Major Mass extinction) Flashcards
1
Q
No more individuals of species left alive
A
extinct
2
Q
2nd period of Paleozoic Era, 485.4 million years ago
A
Ordovician Mass Extinction
3
Q
Interval of Paleozoic, 358.9 mill years ago, “Age of the Fishes”
A
Devonian Mass Extinction
4
Q
Beginning of triassic
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Permian Mass Extinction
5
Q
Names the “Permian Mass extinction”
A
Sir Roderick Murchison
6
Q
End- triassic, major event
A
Triassic- Jurassic Mass Extinction
7
Q
best known, K-T extinction, “Great Dying”
A
Cretaceous- Tertiary
