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title: "Mass Extinction of the Earth"  
description: "A brief description of the Earth's five mass extinctions."  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-22  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2601/mass-extinction-of-the-earth  
category: "science and history"  
tags: ["earth", "science", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Mass Extinction of the Earth

![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/2eddda6a-a8b3-4bfb-90a1-4a30b82d1550.jpeg) ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/2eddda6a-a8b3-4bfb-90a1-4a30b82d1550.jpeg) Earth has seen five mass extinctions, each of which wiped off a considerable amount of the planet's species. ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/13a3ad7d-9323-415c-8160-f4323a38d4e7.jpeg) The first mass extinction happened 443 million years ago, near the conclusion of the Ordovician period. ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/8a76cae0-b17b-42cd-9c65-4459826d9dde.jpeg) The second great extinction happened near the conclusion of the Devonian period, approximately 375 million years ago. ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/e540e34e-4173-4834-8a2a-19f8c2b16fcf.jpeg) The third mass extinction happened 252 million years ago, near the conclusion of the Permian period. ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/101f52e0-afcb-4167-8930-cd5da8e4dcd6.jpeg) The fourth mass extinction occurred near the conclusion of the Triassic period, approximately 201 million years ago. ![Mass Extinction of the Earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/1188fc0c-c19a-4bb7-b26d-3bbae72e2fa9/images/097e115f-6119-44ef-aa99-01a9eba81591.jpeg) The sixth mass extinction happened around 66 million years ago towards the conclusion of the Cretaceous period.

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