Olson’s Extinction

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:affects terrestrial vertebrates
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Olson’s Gap
gptkbp:characterizedBy high extinction rates
gptkbp:debatedBy timing and severity
gptkbp:discoveredBy Everett C. Olson
gptkbp:evidence fossil record gap
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olson’s Extinction
gptkbp:impact decline of synapsids
rise of therapsids
gptkbp:location gptkb:Pangaea
gptkbp:namedAfter Everett C. Olson
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Permian_period
gptkb:Guadalupian_epoch
gptkbp:period approximately 273 to 259 million years ago
gptkbp:precededBy Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse
gptkbp:significance major faunal turnover
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guadalupian–Lopingian_extinction_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8