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Information: Most animals and plants that ever lived died out long before the present. The fossil record reveals that there are several periods of time in the earth's past when the extinction rate was very high (e.g., at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, and the Permi
The Late Devonian Mass Extinction The Late Devonian Mass Extinction: A professional technical paper discussing whether the Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) mass extinction was initiated by an extraterrestrial impact or an earth-bound event. (Extinction) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/impact2000/pdf/3072.pdf
Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time: Covers patterns and periodicity of extinction, with discussions of major mass extinctions and minor extinction events. (Extinction) http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/homepg.html
Extinction Extinction: A number of extinction concepts are discussed and loosely defined, followed by a survey of some important extinction and "extinction-like" events, primarily from the Phanerozoic. (Extinction) http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology/extinction.html
Phanerozoic Extinctions Phanerozoic Extinctions: Fully referenced BSc honours project on the History of Mass Extinctions with special reference to the proposed sixth extinction taking place at the present time. (Extinction) http://member.biodiversity.org.uk/teddy/projecta/
Mass Extinction Mass Extinction: A mathematical model for mass extinction. (Extinction) http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/newmme/science/extinction.html
BBC Extinction Files BBC Extinction Files: Broad, non-technical coverage of the whole field; a good introductory work. Includes mass extinctions, theories, the fossil record, FAQs, and a glossary. (Extinction) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/exfiles/massintro.htm
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Information: Most animals and plants that ever lived died out long before the present. The fossil record reveals that there are several periods of time in the earth's past when the extinction rate was very high (e.g., at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, and the Permi
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