Extinction events

Name all of the extinction events that have been recognized throughout Earth's history

According to Wikipedia

Mass extinctions are highlighted

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mya	Event
2400	Great Oxidation
542	End-Ediacaran
517	End-Botomian
502	Dresbachian
488	Cambrian-Ordovician
445	Late Ordovician
428	Ireviken
424	Mulde
420	Lau
388	Kačak
384	Taghanic
372	Late Devonian
359	Hangenburg
325	Serpukhovian
305	Carboniferous rainforest collapse
273	Olson's extinction

mya	Event
260	Captinian
252	Permian-Triassic
249	Smithian-Spathian
247	Olenekian-Anisian
230	Carnian Pluvial
201	Triassic-Jurassic
186	Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
145	End-Jurassic
117	Aptian
94	Cenomanian-Turonian
66	Cretaceous–Paleogene
33.9	Eocene–Oligocene
14.5	Middle Miocene
2	Pliocene–Pleistocene
0.129	Quaternary
0	Holocene