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Why are extinction events important to geologists?
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Why are extinction events important to geologists?

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Mass extinction is a term used by geologists to describe when large numbers of fossil species disappear. Mass extinctions may be a sign that something drastic and rapid happened to the earths surface, causing a certain species to die out.
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