Period mya 540 490 445 415 360 300 250 200 145 65 2.6 0.0 Paleogene Neogene Cambrian Ordovician Sikurlan Devonlan Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Quaternary Bar width represents numbor of living families Extinction Extinction Groups experiencing mass extinction Extinction Extinction Ordovician: 50% of animal families, including many trilobites. Extinction Cretaceous: 50% of animal families, including the last of the non-avian dinosaurs and many marine species. Dovonian: 30% of animal families, including many fishes and trilobites. Triassic: 35% of animal families-in particular, many reptiles. Permian: 60% of animal families, including many marine species, insects, amphibians, and all remaining trilobites.

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Which of the mass extinctions appears to have removed the most animal groups? How long ago did this extinction occur?

Period
mya
540
490
445
415
360
300
250
200
145
65
2.6 0.0
Paleogene
Neogene
Cambrian
Ordovician
Sikurlan Devonlan
Carboniferous
Permian
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Quaternary
Bar width represents
numbor of living families
Extinction
Extinction
Groups experiencing
mass extinction
Extinction
Extinction
Ordovician: 50% of animal
families, including many trilobites.
Extinction
Cretaceous: 50% of animal families,
including the last of the non-avian
dinosaurs and many marine species.
Dovonian: 30% of animal families,
including many fishes and trilobites.
Triassic: 35% of animal families-in
particular, many reptiles.
Permian: 60% of animal families,
including many marine species, insects,
amphibians, and all remaining trilobites.
Transcribed Image Text:Period mya 540 490 445 415 360 300 250 200 145 65 2.6 0.0 Paleogene Neogene Cambrian Ordovician Sikurlan Devonlan Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Quaternary Bar width represents numbor of living families Extinction Extinction Groups experiencing mass extinction Extinction Extinction Ordovician: 50% of animal families, including many trilobites. Extinction Cretaceous: 50% of animal families, including the last of the non-avian dinosaurs and many marine species. Dovonian: 30% of animal families, including many fishes and trilobites. Triassic: 35% of animal families-in particular, many reptiles. Permian: 60% of animal families, including many marine species, insects, amphibians, and all remaining trilobites.
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