Triassic–Jurassic extinction event

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The Triassic–Jurassic extinction event was a major mass extinction around 201 million years ago that wiped out many marine and terrestrial species, paving the way for dinosaurs to become the dominant land animals in the Jurassic Period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological boundary event ⓘ
mass extinction event ⓘ
paleontological event ⓘ
affects marine ecosystems ⓘ
terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
surface form: Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction

Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
surface form: end-Triassic extinction
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYearsAgo 201 ⓘ
associatedWith Central Atlantic Magmatic Province volcanism ⓘ
breakup of Pangaea ⓘ
opening of the Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
causesDeclineOf many marine species ⓘ
many terrestrial species ⓘ
causesExtinctionOf many archosaur lineages other than dinosaurs ⓘ
many conodonts ⓘ
many large amphibians ⓘ
numerous reef-building organisms ⓘ
enables dinosaur dominance on land ⓘ
era Mesozoic Era ⓘ
estimatedMarineGeneraLossPercentage 20–30 ⓘ
followedBy diversification of dinosaurs in the Jurassic ⓘ
follows Late Triassic biota ⓘ
geologicalBoundary Triassic–Jurassic extinction event self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Triassic–Jurassic boundary
impactOn faunal turnover in the oceans ⓘ
faunal turnover on land ⓘ
lessSupportedCauseHypothesis large bolide impact ⓘ
occursAtBoundaryOf Jurassic Period ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
surface form: Triassic Period
partOf Phanerozoic mass extinctions ⓘ
surface form: Phanerozoic mass extinction record
possibleCause increased atmospheric CO2 ⓘ
massive flood basalt volcanism ⓘ
ocean acidification ⓘ
ocean anoxia ⓘ
rapid climate change ⓘ
sea-level changes ⓘ
precedes Early Jurassic biodiversity radiation ⓘ
precedesDominanceOf dinosaurs ⓘ
rankAmongMassExtinctions major ⓘ
recognizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
relativeSeverity one of the five largest Phanerozoic mass extinctions ⓘ
resultsIn ecological release for dinosaurs ⓘ
reduction of competing large vertebrates ⓘ
stratigraphicMarker Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base of Hettangian ⓘ
surface form: Triassic–Jurassic boundary GSSP
studiedInDiscipline paleoecology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
timeIntervalRangeInMillionsOfYearsAgo ~201–199 ⓘ

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Triassic → endsWith → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for base of Hettangian → isGlobalStandardFor → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triassic–Jurassic boundary
Triassic–Jurassic extinction event → alsoKnownAs → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
this entity surface form: end-Triassic extinction
Triassic–Jurassic extinction event → alsoKnownAs → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction
Triassic–Jurassic extinction event → geologicalBoundary → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triassic–Jurassic boundary
Hettangian stage → marks → Triassic–Jurassic extinction event ⓘ
this entity surface form: Triassic–Jurassic boundary