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The document outlines the extinction events across different geological periods, highlighting representative animals and plants that went extinct. Key examples include the jawless fish Ateleaspididae and green algae during the Ordovician, Dunkleosteus and Archaeopteris in the Devonian, Gorgonopsids and Glossopteris in the Permian, Metoposaurus and Voltziaceae in the Triassic, and Tyrannosaurus rex and Archaefructus liaoningensis in the Cretaceous. Each extinction was driven by significant environmental changes, including volcanic eruptions, climate shifts, and habitat loss.

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Science Performance Task

The document outlines the extinction events across different geological periods, highlighting representative animals and plants that went extinct. Key examples include the jawless fish Ateleaspididae and green algae during the Ordovician, Dunkleosteus and Archaeopteris in the Devonian, Gorgonopsids and Glossopteris in the Permian, Metoposaurus and Voltziaceae in the Triassic, and Tyrannosaurus rex and Archaefructus liaoningensis in the Cretaceous. Each extinction was driven by significant environmental changes, including volcanic eruptions, climate shifts, and habitat loss.

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EXTINCTION REPRESENTATIVE ANIMAL REPRESENTATIVE PLANT

1. ORDOVICIAN

Ateleaspididae - The Chlorophyta - Many species


Ateleaspididae family of the green algae
consists of an extinct group of Chlorophyta perished,
jawless fish known as particularly those that
heterostracans. The entire inhabited shallow marine
family of these jawless fish, environments. Many
including all species within it, microscopic and macroscopic
went extinct. species of green algae within
the Chlorophyta phylum were
affected by the environmental
changes and disruptions
caused by the mass
extinction.

2. DEVONIAN

Dunkleosteus became extinct Archaeopteris, an ancient


during the Late Devonian tree-like plant, went extinct at
extinction event due to the end of the Devonian
widespread anoxic conditions period likely due to major
in the oceans and significant environmental changes
environmental changes, associated with the Late
including rapid changes in Devonian extinction event.
sea levels and global cooling. This event included
These factors disrupted significant climate shifts,
marine ecosystems and habitat loss, and ecosystem
habitats, leading to the disruptions that impacted
decline of Dunkleosteus. many plant and animal
species.
3. PERMIAN

Gorgonopsids, a group of
therapsid predators, went
extinct at the end of the
Permian period during the Glossopteris, a genus of seed
Permian mass extinction ferns, went extinct at the end
event, approximately 252 of the Permian period during
million years ago. This mass the Permian mass extinction
extinction, the largest in around 252 million years ago.
Earth's history, was driven by This mass extinction was
massive volcanic eruptions, caused by severe
climate change, ocean environmental changes,
acidification, and other including volcanic eruptions,
environmental stresses that climate shifts, and ocean
led to the collapse of acidification, which led to the
ecosystems worldwide. rapid decline of ecosystems.

4. DR TRIASSIC

Metoposaurus, a genus of
large amphibians, went The Voltziaceae, an extinct
extinct at the end of the family of conifers,
Triassic period, around 201 disappeared during the
million years ago. The Triassic period, around 252
Triassic mass extinction million years ago. This
event, caused by volcanic extinction coincided with the
activity, climate change, and Triassic mass extinction
resulting environmental event, which was marked by
disruptions, led to the decline massive volcanic eruptions,
and eventual extinction of drastic climate changes, and
many species, including widespread environmental
Metoposaurus. disruption, leading to the
extinction of many plant and
animal species.
5. CRETACEOUS

Tyrannosaurus rex went Archaefructus liaoningensis,


extinct approximately 66 a flowering plant, went extinct
million years ago during the along with many other
Cretaceousmas extinction species during the
event. This mass extinction is Cretaceous period. It
widely believed to have been succumbed to the same
caused by a combination of environmental changes and
catastrophic events, including mass extinction events, such
a massive asteroid impact as the Cretaceous mass
and significant volcanic extinction event, that affected
activity, leading to drastic numerous species during that
climate changes and the time.
collapse of ecosystems.

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