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PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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EARTH HISTORY

BY RONNIE YOUNG AND JOSIE SAWHILL
Photo by ecstaticist

PERMIAN EXTINCTION

250 MILLION YEARS AGO MASS EXTINCTION NOBODY KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED1
Photo by J. Tewell

DEATH OF THE DINOSAURS

  • 65 million years ago
  • Big meteor smashed into what now is Mexico
  • Dust Blocked out all sunlight2,1

PANGAEA

  • Formed 270 million years ago
  • Broke apart 200 million years ago, due to tectonic plates.2,3
Photo by garryknight

The Great oxidation event
*cyanobacteria started creating oxygen1 3.5 billion years ago1