Devonian extinctions: Quick Facts

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Line graph showing the number of marine animal families from the Precambrian era to the present, with illustrations of key groups such as trilobites, ammonoids, marine reptiles, and diatoms. The graph highlights major extinction events and a rise to 1,900 living families today.

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Devonian Period mass extinction event Permian extinction K–T extinction end-Triassic extinction Ordovician-Silurian extinction Major Mass Extinctions