Pros: 1  Works equally well in open terrain, under cover or in a gym. 2  Accurate on flat or hilly terrain and when making quick, sharp turns (e.g., when trail running or on an indoor track). 3  Lightweight design is sleeker than most GPS-enabled SDMs.
Definitions for mass extinction. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word mass extinction. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: mass extinction(Noun) A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time.
1 Earth's largest extinction killed 57% of all families, 83% of all genera and 90% to 96% of all species (53% of marine families, 84% of marine genera, about 96% of all marine species and an estimated 70% of land species, including insects). 2  The highly successful marine arthropod, the trilobite became extinct.here is still debate about the causes of all mass extinctions. In general, large extinctions may result when a biosphere under long-term stress undergoes a short-term shock. An underlying mechanism appears to be present in the correlation of extinction and origination rates to diversity.