Which of the following mass extinctions caused the loss of over 80% of species and was due to increased volcanic activity in what is now Siberia, Russia? The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction The Cretaceous-

Which of the following mass extinctions caused the loss of over 80% of species and was due to increased volcanic activity in what is now Siberia, Russia? The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction The Cretaceous-

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Chapter20: Speciation And Macroevolution

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Which of the following mass extinctions caused the loss of over 80% of species and was due to increased volcanic activity in what is now Siberia, Russia?

		The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
		The Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction
		The Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction
		The Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction

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