Late Devonian extinction event
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
mass extinction event
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| gptkbp:affects |
gptkb:ammonites
marine life brachiopods trilobites early tetrapods reef-building organisms terrestrial plants |
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Devonian_extinction
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| gptkbp:beganIn |
approximately 375 million years ago
|
| gptkbp:causedBy |
gptkb:volcanic_activity
global cooling anoxia asteroid impact (hypothesized) |
| gptkbp:endDate |
approximately 360 million years ago
|
| gptkbp:extinctionRate |
about 70-80% of species
|
| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Late Devonian extinction event
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
series of extinction pulses
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| gptkbp:notableLoss |
coral reefs
stromatoporoids placoderm fishes |
| gptkbp:occurredIn |
gptkb:Devonian_period
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
Middle Devonian extinction event
|
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the five major mass extinctions in Earth's history
|
| gptkbp:studiedBy |
paleontologists
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Paleozoic_extinctions
gptkb:Big_Five_mass_extinctions |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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