Permian-Triassic extinction event

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Permian-Triassic_extinction_event
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Dying
gptkbp:category gptkb:Paleozoic_extinctions
Extinction events
Triassic events
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Siberian_Traps_volcanism
climate change
asteroid impact (hypothesized)
methane release
ocean anoxia
gptkbp:causeOfExtinction about 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species
many insect species
over 90% of marine species
gptkbp:duration less than 1 million years
gptkbp:evidence fossil specimen
geological strata
gptkbp:followedBy recovery of life in Triassic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Permian-Triassic extinction event
gptkbp:isLargestMassExtinction true
gptkbp:occurredApproximately 252 million years ago
gptkbp:occurredAtBeginningOf gptkb:Triassic_Period
gptkbp:occurredAtEndOf gptkb:Permian_Period
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Phanerozoic_Eon
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Guadalupian-Lopingian_extinction_event
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:End-Permian_extinction
gptkbp:significance allowed rise of dinosaurs
reset evolutionary history
gptkbp:studiedBy paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paleozoic_era
gptkb:Trilobita
gptkb:Trilobitomorpha
gptkb:Late_Permian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5