megafaunal extinction event

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mass extinction event
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Eurasia
gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
Islands of the Pacific
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Quaternary_extinction_event
gptkbp:cause gptkb:disease
climate change
ecosystem disruption
human overhunting
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label megafaunal extinction event
gptkbp:impact altered predator-prey relationships
changes in vegetation
ecosystem restructuring
loss of large animal species
gptkbp:notableExtinctions gptkb:Haast's_eagle
gptkb:moa
mammoths
mastodons
giant ground sloths
saber-toothed cats
glyptodon
diprotodon
giant kangaroos
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Early_Holocene
gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:period approximately 50,000 to 10,000 years ago
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
ecologists
paleontologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_lion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7