Late Devonian extinction

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biodiversity crisis mass extinction event paleontological event

The Late Devonian extinction was a prolonged series of biodiversity crises around 375–359 million years ago that devastated marine life, especially reef ecosystems and armored fishes, and ranks among the largest mass extinctions in Earth’s history.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hangenberg event	2
Frasnian–Famennian boundary	1
Frasnian–Famennian extinction event	1
Late Devonian extinction events	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biodiversity crisis ⓘ mass extinction event ⓘ paleontological event ⓘ
characterizedBy	multiple extinction pulses ⓘ prolonged biodiversity loss ⓘ
effectOnEarthSystem	collapse of reef-building communities ⓘ decline of jawless fishes ⓘ extinction of many placoderm lineages ⓘ restructuring of marine food webs ⓘ
endTime	approximately 359 million years ago ⓘ
followedBy	Carboniferous diversification of vertebrates ⓘ expansion of tetrapods in Carboniferous ⓘ
hasConsequence	long-term reduction in reef diversity ⓘ turnover in dominant fish groups ⓘ
hasDuration	several million years ⓘ
hasPeakExtinctionInterval	Late Devonian extinction self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frasnian–Famennian boundary end-Devonian ⓘ
hasStratigraphicMarker	Hangenberg black shales ⓘ Kellwasser horizons ⓘ
includesEvent	Late Devonian extinction self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hangenberg event Kellwasser events ⓘ surface form: Kellwasser event
locatedInTime	Paleozoic era ⓘ
occursIn	Devonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Phanerozoic mass extinctions ⓘ
possibleCause	asteroid impact hypothesis ⓘ eutrophication of marine basins ⓘ global cooling ⓘ land plant expansion impacts on climate and oceans ⓘ ocean anoxia ⓘ sea-level fluctuations ⓘ volcanism ⓘ
primarilyAffected	ammonoids ⓘ armored fishes ⓘ brachiopods ⓘ conodonts ⓘ coral reefs ⓘ marine ecosystems ⓘ placoderms ⓘ reef ecosystems ⓘ stromatoporoid reefs ⓘ trilobites ⓘ
rankInSize	among largest mass extinctions in Earth history ⓘ
startTime	approximately 375 million years ago ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	paleoecology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ
temporalExtent	Late Devonian ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Devonian Period → endedWith → Late Devonian extinction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Devonian extinction events

Late Devonian extinction → hasPeakExtinctionInterval → Late Devonian extinction self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frasnian–Famennian boundary

Late Devonian extinction → includesEvent → Late Devonian extinction self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hangenberg event

Paleozoic Era → majorEvent → Late Devonian extinction ⓘ

Devonian Period → massExtinction → Late Devonian extinction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frasnian–Famennian extinction event

Devonian Period → massExtinction → Late Devonian extinction ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hangenberg event