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Preferred term

mass extinction

Is replaced by

mass extinction

Definition

[Henderson's] any of the various episodes in evolutionary history in which numerous large groups of organisms disappear from the fossil record over a relatively short time (e.g. the extinction of the dinosaurs and other groups at the end of the Cretaceous). Mass extinctions are generally explained by sudden changes in climate, of various causes.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

mass extinctions
massed extinction
masses extinction

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0638

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Created 10/12/16, last modified 3/21/22

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