A supernova sparked mass extinction 359 million years ago
Oct 01, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Mindy Weisberger
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A global extinction event that occurred around 359 million years ago may have been triggered by the death blast of a distant star. Towards the end of the Devonian Period, 416 million to 358 million years ago, there was a mass extinction known as the Hangenberg event; it wiped out armoured fish called placoderms
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