Concept information
Preferred term
mass extinctions
Definition(s)
- Unlike an extinction, which affects a single species, a mass extinction is the large-scale elimination of multiple species caused by catastrophic global events. There have been five mass extinctions in geological time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture; Extinctions, Mass]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N4C3JJVQ-7
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