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How Much Mass Extinction Has Been Completed? |
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Answer» Most paleontologists recognize five MAJOR ones, EndOrdovician, LATE Devonian, Late Permian, Late Triassic, and CretaceousTertiary (KTthe "dinosaur KILLER"). EXTINCTION rates and habitat destruction appear to be increasing over the last 10,000 years leading some scholars to propose the present day as a "sixth extinction". Most paleontologists recognize five major ones, EndOrdovician, Late Devonian, Late Permian, Late Triassic, and CretaceousTertiary (KTthe "dinosaur killer"). Extinction rates and habitat destruction appear to be increasing over the last 10,000 years leading some scholars to propose the present day as a "sixth extinction". |
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