Late Quaternary extinction event

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Late_Quaternary_extinction_event
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:affectedArea worldwide
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Quaternary_extinction
gptkbp:beganIn approximately 50,000 years ago
gptkbp:category mass extinction
gptkbp:cause gptkb:disease
climate change
ecosystem disruption
human overhunting
comet or asteroid impact
gptkbp:causeOfExtinction gptkb:Steller's_sea_cow
gptkb:giant
gptkb:Irish_elk
gptkb:moa
gptkb:American_lion
gptkb:short-faced_bear
gptkb:giant_kangaroo
mammoths
mastodons
giant ground sloths
megafauna
saber-toothed cats
woolly rhinoceros
glyptodon
diprotodon
gptkbp:endDate approximately 4,000 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_extinction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Late Quaternary extinction event
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Eurasia
gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:Oceania
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:period Late Pleistocene to early Holocene
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Holocene_extinction
Pleistocene megafaunal extinction
gptkbp:significance loss of large terrestrial mammals
major ecological changes
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
ecologists
paleontologists
climatologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quaternary_extinction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7