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extinction event — /əkˈstɪŋkʃən əvɛnt/ (say uhk stingkshuhn uhvent) noun 1. a mass extinction of living species. 2. a catastrophic occurrence causing such an extinction, as a massive meteor strike. 3. Colloquial any event with major repercussions: an extinction… …
Permian–Triassic extinction event — … Wikipedia
Ordovician–Silurian extinction event — … Wikipedia
Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event — Artist s rendering of bolide impact Badlands nea … Wikipedia
Triassic–Jurassic extinction event — The Triassic–Jurassic extinction event marks the boundary between the Triassic and Jurassic periods, Ma|Jurassic, and is one of the major extinction events of the Phanerozoic eon, profoundly affecting life on land and in the oceans. Twenty… … Wikipedia
Eocene-Oligocene extinction event — The transition between the end of the Eocene and the beginning of the Oligocene, occurring 33.9 ± 0.1 Ma, is marked by large scale extinction (although minor in comparison to the largest mass extinctions).Most of the affected organisms were… … Wikipedia
Holocene extinction event — [ thumb|right|150px|The Dodo, a bird of Mauritius, became extinct during the mid late seventeenth century after humans destroyed the forests where the birds made their homes and introduced animals that ate their eggs.] The Holocene extinction… … Wikipedia
Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… … Wikipedia
The Extinction Event — Bigfinishbox title=The Extinction Event series=Professor Bernice Summerfield number=2.3 writer=Lance Parkin director=Gary Russell producer=Gary Russell set between= The Stone s Lament and The Skymines of Karthos length=70 minutes| The Extinction… … Wikipedia