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• PaleontologyRelated: The fossil record reveals the scale and timing of major biodiversity losses.

• Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction eventNarrower topic: The K–Pg event is one of the major mass extinctions in the fossil record.

• Fossil recordRelated: Abrupt losses and recoveries in fossil diversity expose major biological crises.

• PaleoecologyNarrower topic: Fossil communities reveal the scale and ecological consequences of mass extinctions.

• PaleobiologyRelated: Fossil patterns reveal the scale, timing, and selectivity of extinction events.

• EcologyBroader topic: It represents an extreme loss of biodiversity with profound ecological consequences.

• PaleozoicNarrower topic: Several mass extinctions divide the Paleozoic’s biological history.

• CenozoicNarrower topic: The Cenozoic began in the aftermath of one of Earth’s largest mass extinctions.

• PaleobiogeographyRelated: Fossil ranges reveal how extinction events changed regional faunas and global distributions.

• PaleogeographyRelated: Geographic change can help explain ecological disruption and changing dispersal routes during extinction events.

• Flood basaltNarrower topic: Several flood-basalt episodes coincide with major extinction crises.

• GradualismRelated: These abrupt losses test accounts that emphasize slow, continuous biological change.

• Deep timeRelated: Abrupt biological crises punctuate the otherwise long history of life.

• Carboniferous rainforest collapseCompared with: The collapse reorganized ecosystems but was not a single global mass extinction.

• CatastrophismRelated: Catastrophist explanations connect abrupt biological losses to sudden environmental upheavals.

• Impact winterNarrower topic: Impact winter is one proposed driver of the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction.

• K–Pg boundaryNarrower topic: Comparing this event with other extinctions clarifies what makes the K–Pg crisis distinctive.

• Mesozoic Marine RevolutionCompared with: The revolution describes long-term ecological change, not a single extinction pulse.

• Large igneous provinceNarrower topic: Several major provinces formed near mass extinctions, prompting tests of volcanic causation.

• LystrosaurusNarrower topic: Its fossil record illustrates how ecological dominance can shift after a mass extinction.

• Rare Earth hypothesisRelated: Repeated extinction risks can make the long evolutionary continuity needed for complex life less likely.

• Walter AlvarezNarrower topic: The hypothesis helped establish sudden extraterrestrial catastrophe as a cause of mass extinction.

• BiosphereRelated: Mass extinctions mark abrupt, profound losses of biospheric diversity.

• TerrestrializationCompared with: Extinction can reverse terrestrial diversification by eliminating established land lineages.

• Asteroid impactNarrower topic: The largest known terrestrial impact is associated with one of the major mass extinctions.

• EurypteridRelated: Eurypterids declined and disappeared amid earlier environmental changes, before the end-Permian mass extinction.

• Earth scienceRelated: Its fossil record reveals how abrupt environmental change can transform life.

• PaleoenvironmentRelated: Environmental evidence helps identify conditions associated with widespread biological losses.

• Extinction selectivityRelated: Selectivity is especially visible when many lineages are lost together.

• History of lifeRelated: Mass extinctions remove lineages and reshape which groups diversify afterward.

• History of paleontologyRelated: Fossil records revealed repeated global crises that reorganized the history of life.

• Biogeographic realmRelated: Extinctions can erase older biogeographic patterns and open ecosystems to new lineages.

• SupercontinentRelated: Environmental changes associated with supercontinent assembly or breakup can contribute to extinction pressures.

• Historical geologyRelated: Extinction horizons mark major biological turning points in the rock record.

• History of EarthBroader topic: Repeated extinction crises mark major turning points in the history of life.

• MacroevolutionRelated: Researchers investigate how such events alter long-term evolutionary trajectories.

• Geological history of EarthNarrower topic: Repeated extinction crises divide the history of life into major transitions.

• Ecosystem collapseNarrower topic: Widespread ecosystem collapse can contribute to biodiversity loss on a global scale.

• Geologic recordRelated: Abrupt changes in fossil assemblages reveal extinction episodes.

• Late Ordovician mass extinctionNarrower topic: The Late Ordovician event is one of the major recognized mass extinctions.

• Triassic–Jurassic extinctionNarrower topic: Comparing this event with other mass extinctions clarifies its scale and selectivity.