Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million years ago. 4 min read When ... the worst effects of the mass extinction that ended the Devonian. The main victims were marine ...

was so hugely devastating to life on Earth that it’s been nicknamed the “Great Dying”. If you thought the mass extinction caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact 65 million years ago was bad ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. In Earth's long history estimated 99% of all species ever living here went extinct. Extinction ... Devonian some 360 million years ...

The Late Devonian period, spanning from approximately 393 to 359 million years ago, is marked by significant changes in biodiversity and several major extinction events. This era witnessed the ...

Trees as we know them today, however, only appeared in the late Devonian Period, roughly 350 million years ago ... Permian-Triassic extinction which wiped out over 90% of Earth’s species.

The Carboniferous Period (which began 359 million years ago) is known as the 'golden age of sharks'. An extinction event at the end of the Devonian killed off at least 75% of all species on Earth, ...