Statements (37)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
mass extinction event
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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
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gptkbp:cause |
gptkb:disease
climate change ecosystem disruption human overhunting |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
megafaunal extinction event
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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
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch |
gptkbp:studiedBy |
archaeologists
ecologists paleontologists |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:American_lion
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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