The extinction of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time is called what?

Answer 1

Such phenomenon is called mass extinction event or biotic crisis.

Mass extinction of living organisms happened many times on earth, which is evident from fossil remains of different geological time periods .

Mass extinction always leads to loss of biodiversity but immediately after such large scale extinction, evolution/speciation of remaining organisms accelerated.

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Answer 2

Daniel Arnold

The extinction of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time is called a mass extinction event.

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