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The mass extinction that is believed to have eliminated larger dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Smaller dinosours survived, their descendants are today's reptiles. The mass extinction is believed to have been caused by an asteroid that collided with Earth. For more information, read the Wikipedia article on "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event", or search for this term on your favorite search engine.
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Element traced to the extinction of the dinosaurs?
The KT boundary has a spike in Iridium concentrations.
What is the mass extinction?
the holocene extinction
What are mass extinction and background extinction different?
Mass extinction - More than 50% of the population went extinct in a short period of time.Background extinction - An average rate of extinction occurred during a given time period.
What is a synonym for mass extinction?
genocide
What began and ended with mass extinction?
Mesozoic
What is the effect of mass extinction?
The effect of mass extinction is extinction, death of a mass
When do small mammals appear in fossil records?
During the KT extinction event the majority of life on earth became extinct. Small mammals, however, were able to survive this mass extinction.
Element traced to the extinction of the dinosaurs?
The KT boundary has a spike in Iridium concentrations.
Which event is the most likely to cause for the four periods when punctuated equilibrium seems to have occurred?
Extinction events, such as the Permian extinction and the KT extinction event. You have adaptive radiation driving evolutionary change after such events. Google " the rise of the mammals. "
What does episodic mean?
New species that form right after a mass extinction
What are the extinction of animals in the very distant past?
There were five major extinction events in the past. They are called the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event, the late Devonian mass extinction, the Permian mass extinction, the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction and the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event.
What is the mass extinction?
the holocene extinction
What is the K-T boundary?
The KT Boundary (also called the Cretaceous-Paleogene, or K-Pg boundary) is a boundary marking the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction (KT extinction) event. It is usually seen as a thin band, caused by an asteroid impact that wiped out much of life at the time.
Can you use mass extinction in a sentence?
The dinosaurs fell victim to a mass extinction.
What is it called when a high percentage of the species on earth dies off at a particular line?
This would be called a mass extinction or mass die off.This would be called a mass extinction.
When was the first mass extinction?
540 million years ago was the first mass extinction
How do you use the word mass extinction in a sentence?
We are still not sure what caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, though an asteroid impact seems to be the popular theory.Scientists believe we may be heading towards another mass extinction event.
