Extinction Event - Lesser Extinctions

Lesser Extinctions

Lesser extinction events include:

Period Start Date Extinction Date Cause
Quaternary extinction event 50 ka to now
Pliocene Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary marine extinction 2 Ma

Supernova in the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association
Neogene 23.03 Middle Miocene disruption 14.5 Ma Nördlinger Ries bolide impact? Volcanoes in African Rift Valley
Eocene–Oligocene extinction event 33.9 Ma Volcanoes? Chesapeake Bay and Popigai crater bolide impacts?
Cretaceous 145 Aptian extinction 117 Ma Rahjamal Traps volcanism episode in Bengal?
End-Jurassic extinction 145.5 Ma
Jurassic 201.3 Toarcian turnover 183 Ma
Permian 298.9 Olson's Extinction 270 Ma
Carboniferous 358.9 Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse 318 Ma Climate change
End-Silurian extinction event 416 Ma
Lau event 420 Ma
Mulde event 424 Ma Global drop in sea level?
Silurian 443.4 Ireviken event 428 Ma Deep-ocean anoxia?
Cambrian–Ordovician extinction event 488 Ma Glaciation? Depletion of oxygen in marine waters?
Dresbachian extinction 502 Ma
Cambrian 541 End-Botomian extinction event 517 Ma
Precambrian 4567.17 End-Ediacaran extinction 542 Ma Ocean anoxia?

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