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The largest mass extinction in earth's history happened at the end of the _____ period.

a. silurian
b. permian
c. devonian
d. cretaceous

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The answer is D. Cretaceous Hope this helps!

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User Abrahim
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Mass extinctions when at least half of all species die out. The largest mass extinction event occurred around 250 million years ago, when perhaps 95 % of all species went extinct. Now new ones appeared.

It was during Cretaceous.

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