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Since establishment of the connection between the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) impact event and attendant mass extinction 65 Ma-ago, another established connection is demonstrated at 580 Ma where the Acraman-Bunyeroo impact (South Australia) coincides with the radiation of Acritarchs. Possible impact-extinction relations also occur at the end-Devonian, where the age of Woodleigh (120 km-large) coincides with the demise of coral reefs.
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Glikson, A.Y. (2013). Impacts and Mass Extinctions. In: The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6328-9_12
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