biogeographic event

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.

Aliases (4)

• mass extinction event ×3
• paleontological event ×3
• event in Earth history ×1
• paleoecological event ×1

Instances (9)

• Great American Biotic Interchange between North and South America
• Permian–Triassic mass extinction ("mass extinction event")
• Cambrian explosion ("event in Earth history")
• Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event ("paleontological event")
• Carboniferous rainforest collapse ("paleoecological event")
• Late Devonian extinction ("mass extinction event")