The Largest Extinction, Measured as a Percentage of Species That

question 26

Multiple Choice

The largest extinction, measured as a percentage of species that disappeared, occurred at the end of which geological period?

• A) Tertiary
• B) Cretaceous
• C) Permian
• D) Devonian
• E) Silurian

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