Great Dying

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The Great Dying is the most severe mass extinction event in Earth's history, occurring about 252 million years ago and wiping out the majority of marine and terrestrial species.

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Label Occurrences
Great Dying canonical 2
Great Dying in New England 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Permian–Triassic extinction event ⓘ
mass extinction event ⓘ
paleontological event ⓘ
affects insects ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
plants ⓘ
terrestrial vertebrates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Permian–Triassic extinction event ⓘ
P–Tr extinction event ⓘ
end-Permian extinction ⓘ
associatedWith Siberian Traps large igneous province ⓘ
prolonged biotic recovery lasting millions of years ⓘ
sharp negative carbon isotope excursion ⓘ
widespread coal gap in Early Triassic ⓘ
deathToll about 57% of all biological families extinct ⓘ
about 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species extinct ⓘ
about 81% of all marine genera extinct ⓘ
about 90–96% of marine species extinct ⓘ
definedBy abrupt changes in marine fossil assemblages ⓘ
abrupt changes in terrestrial fossil assemblages ⓘ
endTime approximately 251 million years ago ⓘ
fieldOfStudy geology ⓘ
paleoecology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
followedBy Triassic biotic recovery ⓘ
geologicalBoundary Permian–Triassic boundary ⓘ
hasCause global warming ⓘ
large-scale release of greenhouse gases ⓘ
marine anoxia ⓘ
massive Siberian Traps volcanism ⓘ
methane release from seafloor (hypothesized) ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
ozone layer depletion (hypothesized) ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of marine ecosystems ⓘ
collapse of terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
end of the Permian period ⓘ
extinction of majority of marine species ⓘ
extinction of majority of terrestrial species ⓘ
location global ⓘ
partOf Big Five mass extinctions ⓘ
Phanerozoic eon ⓘ
linked to: Phanerozoic Eon
precededBy Capitanian mass extinction event ⓘ
recoveryDuration several million years into the Triassic ⓘ
startTime approximately 252 million years ago ⓘ
superlative most severe mass extinction in Earth history ⓘ
temporalLocation boundary between Permian and Triassic periods ⓘ
timeScaleUnit base of Induan age ⓘ
end of Lopingian epoch ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619 → alsoKnownAs → Great Dying in New England ⓘ
linked to: Great Dying