The expansion of land plants during the Late Devonian contributed to the marine mass extinction. Communications Earth & Environment , 2023; 4 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01087-8 Cite This Page : ...

While the Late Devonian Mass Extinction left forests unperturbed, disaster befell life in the ocean. Almost 73 million years after the late Ordovician mass extinction, or 375 million years ago, half ...

I call the Late Devonian my favorite mass extinction primarily because it shows that humans are far from the only organism to remake the Earth. Before the Late Devonian mass extinction, life on ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the devastating mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Period, roughly 370 million years ago, when around 70 percent of species disappeared.

Dec. 21, 2021 — The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all species disappearing over its course.

An even larger mass extinction event occurred 359 million years ago—it's called the Hangenberg event, which marks the boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods.

The late Devonian extinction is one of the five major extinction events to have occurred on Earth. It's not unusual for scientists to argue over what causes a mass extinction event ...

What are mass extinctions, and what causes them? In the last 500 million years, life has had to recover from five catastrophic blows. ... Late Devonian extinction - 383-359 million years ago.

Diverse and full of sea life, the Earth's Devonian era—taking place more than 370 million years ago—saw the emergence of the first seed-bearing plants, which spread as large forests across the ...