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What was the extinction event of the Cambrian period?

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How did the Cambrian period end?

It ended from mass extinction.


The largest extinction the world has ever known occurred at the end of which period?

The largest extinction event known is the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event, 250 million years ago. It is nicknamed "The Great Dying" in reference to how 96% of all known marine animals and 70% of all known terrestrial vertebrates at the time went extinct due to climatic changes because of volcanic eruptions and the formation of Pangaea.


Is the Cenozoic era before or after dinosaur extinction?

Yes, the Cambrian Period was before the Mesozoic Era


What are facts about the devonian period?

The Devonian Period is a part of the Paleozoic Era, which covers the time from 541 to 252.17 million years ago. It began with the Cambrian explosion, in which most phyla of life began, and ended with the mass extinction called the Permian-Triassic extinction event.


What time period was the creature trilobite in?

Trilobites originated during the Cambrian era, flourished through the Paleozoic era, declined during the Devonian era, and finally became extinct in the Permean mass extinction event. In total there were live trilobites on the earth for about 290 million years.


What period is sometimes called the golden age of trilobites?

Trilobites, amphibians, and many other species of animals became extinct in the Permian-Triassic extinction. This event happened over 250 million years ago.


Which event may be associated in time with the end of the period known as snowball Earth?

Cambrian Explosion


What the beginning of the Paleozoic era marks?

The start of the Paleozoic Era was marked by a huge diversification of life known as the Cambrian Explosion. Many genre of life emerged during the Cambrian Period. Although plants and animals were around in the Pre-Cambrian it was not until after the extinction event that immediately proceeded the Paleozoic that many advanced forms of life evolved such as multi-celled plants and advanced animals such as the arthropods.


What are some plants from the Cambrian period?

The only plant from the Cambrian period is algae.


What geological events happened in the Cambrian time?

the mass extinction


What era did the Ediacaran Fauna Live?

The Ediacarian fauna are from the Cambrian Explosion. The Cambrian Explosion occurred in the Cambrian period. The Cambrian period was part of the Paleozoic era.


What is the a period of time called when many species disappeared?

A major extinction event.