Permian–Triassic

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological period boundary event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Dying
gptkb:Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
gptkbp:boundaryDefinedBy first appearance of conodont Hindeodus parvus
extinction horizon in marine strata
gptkbp:category mass extinction event
geological time boundary
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Siberian_Traps_eruptions
climate change
ocean acidification
volcanism
anoxia
methane release
gptkbp:date about 252 million years ago
gptkbp:duration extinction lasted less than 1 million years
gptkbp:effect decline of synapsids
reset of marine and terrestrial ecosystems
proliferation of disaster taxa
rise of archosaurs
gptkbp:estimatedSpeciesLost about 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species
over 90% of marine species
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Triassic–Jurassic_extinction_event
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Permian–Triassic
gptkbp:location global
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Meishan,_China
gptkbp:occurredIn beginning of Triassic period
end of Permian period
gptkbp:precededBy Guadalupian–Lopingian boundary
gptkbp:significance largest mass extinction event in Earth's history
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dicynodonts
gptkb:Dicynodontia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7