The Permian Extinction, dubbed 'The Great Dying', killed off plants up to 400,000 years before animals and marine species were hit. WHAT WAS THE PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION, KNOWN AS 'THE GREAT DYING'? Marking the boundary between these two geologic eras is the Permian mass extinction, nicknamed 'The Great Dying'. The Permian Extinction, dubbed 'The Great Dying', killed off plants up to 400,000 years before animals and marine species were hit. The Late Triassic : The Late Triassic event, 201m years ago, shares a number of similarities with the Late Permian event.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2019 21:06 UTC