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There have been six or seven "Great Dyings" in Planet Earth's biological history. All of them resulted in extinctions of some sea life. You may be thinking of the K-T Event, which exterminated the amorites as well as the dinosaurs.
This is picky, I admit, but I suspect you mean Ammonites, not Amorites. The Amorites were a group of Semitic peoples who lived in the Sumer area of the near east some 4 thousand years ago.
Just FYI, the greatest extinction pulse occurred at the end of the Permian Period and closed the Proterozoic Era with an enormous die-off of life on earth. More than 95 percent of all organisms vanished with the end of that era. Paleontologist are still trying to hypothesize conditions that might explain such an enormous catastrophe.
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Animals of the mesozoic extinction?
Dinosaurs and marine reptiles.
What types of organisms does the WWF protect?
The WWF stands for the World Wildlife Federation. It is their mission to protect endangered species of animals to prevent extinction. They deal with all types of animals - primates, marine animals, and big cats.
Why do you think most extinction's occur as background extinctions?
Most extinctions occur as background extinctions because they are longer time periods unlike the shorter mass extinctions which there were only two in the Paleozoic era, the Ordovician mass extinction, and the Permian/Triassic extinction in which 95% of all marine animals became extinct
What might have caused the mass extinction at the end of the paleozoic era?
The mass extinction, known as the Permian extinction, affected both plants and animals on land and in the seas. Scientists do not know what catastrophic events caused the mass extinction, many kinds of organisms suddenly became extinct, as much as 90% of Marine species may have died out.
Who are the marine animals?
marine animals are sea toads & more!
Are mosquitoes responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Mosquitoes in modern time are know to pass parasites and deceases. This was also probably true in ancient times as well, maybe some kind of dinosaur malaria. However although this may have contributed to the deaths of individual dinosaurs (there is absolutely no evidence for this) it is not thought that this is a contributing factor in the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. Most telling is the extinction of the large marine reptiles such as mosasaurs. Since they were completely aquatic it is unlikely that mosquitoes could have caused their extinction. Another clue is the lack of extinction of small animals. Mosquito born diseases would not have just attacked the larger species and leave most of the smaller ones alone. The most popular current theory suggest that at the end of the Cretaceous saw a great increase in volcanism. This would have changed the environment causing climate change and also would have "poisoned" the environment. The non-avian dinosaurs were living in a dying world. To make matters worse a 6 mile wide asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula in what is now Mexico. This caused global fires as rock ejected into orbit by the asteroid started to fall back to earth. It also caused a "nuclear winter" which made many species of plants to die out. This was just too much for dinosaurs and other animals to cope with. Mostly the only animals that survived this extinction were all under 10kg. They perhaps were animals that lived underground or where able to shelter away from the fires.
Are fish in the sea called marine or maroon animals?
marine animals fyi
Where did the marine life most affected by the extinction live?
They lived in rivers and streams
How did man impact on the marine life food chain?
We pollute the water by dumping thousands of tons of waste into the water & we eat shrimp, and fish, and maybe even seaweed, we eat parts of the marine life food chain, and even make animals close to extinction!
Marine animals are found?
In a marine environment.
Who in the Bible was a builder planter preacher and conservationist?
Noah Noah. He built the ark, prepared the food his family and animals, preached God's flood sentence to humankind and made sure he had a couple (and 7 couples of clean animals) to prevent species extinction, except marine animals of course.
What are some prcambrian animals?
Examples of Precambrian animals are Brachiopods (aka lamp shells), Anthropods like spiders and crabs, jellyfish, sponges, and squids. There were also flora and fauna, of which 70% of their population was wiped out (Precambrian Mass Extinction). Most of the animals in that era were marine, soft-bodied organisms.
