Bryozoans
Brachiopods
Sponges
Mollusks
Forams
Echinoderms
Cephalopods
Arthropods
Corals
Change in Diversity of Invertebrates from
the Permian Through the Middle Triassic
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The Permian-Triassic
Extinction Event was the
Largest Extinction Event in
the History of the Earth
Diversity Information from Erwin
(1993),
The Great Paleozoic Crisis
The Permian-Triassic
Extinction
Did a Comet or Asteroid Cause
the Extinction
NOVA Interactive Permian Mass
Extinction Site
National Geographic - The
Permian Extinction
Canada Museum - Possible Causes of
the Mass Extinction
University of Bristol's -
Permo-Triassic Extinction Site
NASA - Did an Impact Trigger the
Permian Extinction?
Killer Crater Found Under Ice in
Antarctica
Book Review - How Life on Earth Nearly
Ended 250 Million Years Ago,
by Douglas H. Erwin
Global Warming & the
Permian Extinction
Some Links for
Further Reading about
the Permian-Triassic
Extinction Event