biogeographic event
C8894
concept
A biogeographic event is a historical or contemporary occurrence (such as dispersal, vicariance, extinction, or range expansion) that alters the geographic distribution of organisms or lineages.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mass extinction event | 9 |
| paleontological event | 9 |
| biogeographic event canonical | 2 |
| event in Earth history | 1 |
| paleobiogeographic concept | 1 |
| paleoecological event | 1 |
| paleogeographic event | 1 |
Instances (16)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ancylus transgression | paleogeographic event |
| GABI | paleontological event |
| Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event | mass extinction event |
| Triassic–Jurassic extinction event | mass extinction event |
| Great Dying | mass extinction event |
| Capitanian (Guadalupian) mass extinction | mass extinction event |
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Great American Biotic Interchange between North and South America
surface form:
Great American Biotic Interchange
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| Kellwasser events | mass extinction event |
| Late Ordovician mass extinction | mass extinction event |
| GOBE | paleontological event |
| Permian–Triassic mass extinction | mass extinction event |
| North America to South America | paleobiogeographic concept |
| Cambrian explosion | event in Earth history |
| Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event | paleontological event |
| Carboniferous rainforest collapse | paleoecological event |
| Late Devonian extinction | mass extinction event |