3.3 extinction timeline

  • 440 BCE

    Ordovian-silurian

    Ordovian-silurian
    1st major extinction
  • 370 BCE

    Late Devonian

    Late Devonian
    2nd major extinction
  • 245 BCE

    Permian-Triassic

    Permian-Triassic
    3rd major extinction
  • 210 BCE

    Triassic-Jurassic

    Triassic-Jurassic
    4th major extinction
  • 65 BCE

    Cretaceous-Paleogene

    Cretaceous-Paleogene
    5th major extinction
  • 30 BCE

    6th Great extinction

    6th Great extinction
    6th major extinction