Permian-Triassic extinction

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Permian-Triassic_extinction
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mass_extinction_event
gptkbp:affects insects
amphibians
marine invertebrates
plants
reptiles
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Dying
gptkbp:causedBy climate change
volcanism
asteroid impact (hypothesized)
methane release
ocean anoxia
gptkbp:duration less than 1 million years
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:fossil_specimen
geological strata
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Triassic-Jurassic_extinction_event
gptkbp:majorVolcanicEvent gptkb:Siberian_Traps
gptkbp:markedEndOf gptkb:Paleozoic_Era
gptkbp:markedStartOf gptkb:Mesozoic_Era
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:horsetails
gptkb:Lystrosaurus
gptkb:foraminifera
conifers
crustaceans
ferns
mosses
cycads
sponges
ray-finned fishes
bivalves
brachiopods
ginkgoes
ammonoids
archosaurs
cynodonts
dicynodonts
procolophonids
temnospondyls
therapsids
corals (some groups)
gptkbp:occurredApproximately 252 million years ago
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Permian-Triassic_boundary
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Guadalupian-Lopingian_extinction_event
gptkbp:resultedIn extinction of 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species
extinction of 81% of marine species
extinction of many insect species
gptkbp:significance largest mass extinction in Earth's history
gptkbp:studiedBy paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nautilida
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Permian-Triassic extinction