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Newly Discovered Sixth Extinction Rivals That of the Dinosaurs
sciencehabit writes Earth has seen its share of catastrophes, the worst being the 'big five' mass extinctions scientists traditionally talk about. Now, paleontologists are arguing that a sixth extinction, 260 million years ago, at the end of a geological age called the Capitanian, deserves to be a member of the exclusive club. In a new study, they offer evidence for a massive die-off in shallow, cool waters in what is now Norway. That finding, combined with previous evidence of extinctions in tropical waters, means that the Capitanian was a global catastrophe.
the vast majority are undocumented.
They're not "undocumented," they're illegal!
Prehistoric Norway was much larger than it's modern counterpart
Once the seas teamed with huge Norways, but that was before over-norwaling