Describe and discuss mass extinctions during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. How do these mass

extinctions differ? What will be an ideal response?


There were mass extinctions of marine organisms at the end of the Ordovician and Devonian
periods. One of the most serious mass extinctions of marine organisms occurred at the end of the
Permian. During this mass extinction, 96 percent of all marine invertebrate species were
destroyed and 65 percent of land animal species. The mass extinction between the Mesozoic and
Cenozoic wiped out the dinosaurs and a smaller proportion of marine organisms.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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