Quaternary extinction

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:affects megafauna
large birds
large reptiles
large marsupials
large terrestrial mammals
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Quaternary_extinction_event
gptkbp:beganIn approximately 50,000 years ago
gptkbp:cause gptkb:human
climate change
habitat loss
overhunting
introduction of invasive species
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:overkill_hypothesis
climate hypothesis
synergy hypothesis
gptkbp:endDate present (ongoing debate)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_extinction_(ongoing)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quaternary extinction
gptkbp:mostSevereIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Anthony_D._Barnosky
gptkb:Ross_D.E._MacPhee
gptkb:Tim_Flannery
gptkb:Paul_S._Martin
gptkb:Richard_G._Klein
gptkbp:notableExtinctions gptkb:bird
gptkb:American_mastodon
gptkb:Irish_elk
gptkb:moa
saber-toothed cat
giant ground sloth
glyptodon
diprotodon
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Once_and_Future_Giants
gptkb:The_Call_of_Distant_Mammoths
gptkb:Quaternary_Extinctions:_A_Prehistoric_Revolution
gptkb:Twilight_of_the_Mammoths
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Quaternary_period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Cretaceous–Paleogene_extinction_event
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Holocene_extinction
gptkb:Pleistocene_extinction
gptkb:Late_Quaternary_extinction_event
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
ecologists
paleontologists
gptkbp:分布地区 global
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quaternary_extinction_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6