Late Ordovician mass extinction

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The Late Ordovician mass extinction was one of Earth’s largest biodiversity crises, during which severe climate change and glaciation led to the rapid loss of a substantial portion of marine species.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity crisis ⓘ
mass extinction event ⓘ
paleontological event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs End-Ordovician mass extinction ⓘ
Ordovician–Silurian extinction event ⓘ
associatedWith Hirnantian glaciation ⓘ
carbon isotope excursions ⓘ
cause climate change ⓘ
glaciation ⓘ
global cooling ⓘ
oceanographic changes ⓘ
sea-level fall ⓘ
consequence restructuring of marine ecosystems ⓘ
turnover in dominant marine taxa ⓘ
considered first of the Big Five mass extinctions ⓘ
duration less than 2 million years ⓘ
estimatedGenusLoss around 50 percent of marine genera ⓘ
estimatedSpeciesLoss over 80 percent of marine species ⓘ
evidenceFrom fossil assemblages ⓘ
isotopic data ⓘ
stratigraphic records ⓘ
extinctionIntensity high ⓘ
firstPulseAssociatedWith onset of glaciation ⓘ
followedBy Silurian biotic recovery ⓘ
geographicCenter Gondwana ⓘ
impactOn marine biodiversity structure ⓘ
linkedTo major sea-level regression ⓘ
subsequent sea-level transgression ⓘ
notPrimarilyCausedBy large bolide impact ⓘ
large igneous province volcanism ⓘ
occursIn Paleozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
partOf Ordovician period ⓘ
linked to: Ordovician Period
pattern two main extinction pulses ⓘ
precededBy Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event ⓘ
primarilyAffected marine organisms ⓘ
rankedAmong five largest mass extinctions in Earth history ⓘ
secondPulseAssociatedWith glacial melting and environmental instability ⓘ
stronglyAffected brachiopods ⓘ
bryozoans ⓘ
conodonts ⓘ
graptolites ⓘ
reef-building organisms ⓘ
trilobites ⓘ
studiedIn paleoclimatology ⓘ
paleoecology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
timeFrame Late Ordovician ⓘ
timeInterval approximately 444 million years ago ⓘ
approximately 445 million years ago ⓘ

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Ordovician Period → endedWith → Late Ordovician mass extinction ⓘ
Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event → precedes → Late Ordovician mass extinction ⓘ
Late Ordovician mass extinction → alsoKnownAs → Ordovician–Silurian extinction event ⓘ
linked to: Late Ordovician mass extinction
Late Ordovician → hasMajorEvent → Late Ordovician mass extinction ⓘ
GOBE → precedesEvent → end-Ordovician mass extinction ⓘ
linked to: Late Ordovician mass extinction