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Paleozoic
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The Paleozoic Era, meaning "ancient life," is the earliest of the Phanerozoic Eons, spanning from approximately 538.8 million years ago (Ma) to 251.9 Ma. It represents a pivotal period in Earth's history, marking the widespread diversification of multicellular life, the colonization of land by plants and animals, and culminating in the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea and the largest known mass extinction event. The era is co…
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Siberian Traps
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The Siberian Traps (also known as the Tunguska Plateau Volcanics) constitute one of the Earth's largest known Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) (LIPs), covering an area of approximately 7 million square kilometers in modern-day Siberia. This vast outpouring of flood basalt and associated intrusive rocks occurred near the boundary between the Permian and Triassic periods, approximately $251.9 \pm 0.…