End-Ordovician extinction

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:affects marine life
reef communities
pelagic organisms
shallow marine habitats
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ordovician-Silurian_extinction_event
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:lake
climate change
anoxia
sea level fall
gptkbp:extinctionRate about 85% of marine species
gptkbp:firstPhaseCause glaciation and sea level fall
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Late_Devonian_extinction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label End-Ordovician extinction
gptkbp:notableLoss bryozoans
brachiopods
conodonts
graptolites
trilobites
gptkbp:occurredAround 443 million years ago
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Ordovician_period
gptkbp:period two
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Great_Ordovician_Biodiversification_Event
gptkbp:secondPhaseCause warming and sea level rise
gptkbp:significance second largest mass extinction in Earth's history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ordovician-Silurian_extinction_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6