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    A Timeline of Extinction (Brochure)

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    The document provides a timeline of extinction of various microorganisms, plants, and animals. It lists species such as the Saint Helena Olive plant which became extinct in 1991, the West African Black Rhinoceros which was extinct by 2011, and the smallpox virus which was eradicated in 1978. Other extinct species mentioned are the Pyrenean Ibex which died off in 2000, the Buellia Asterella microorganism in 1991, and the Steller's Sea Cow in 1768. The timeline spans from 425 million years ago to 1957 and shows the varying times of extinction for different organisms.

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    The document provides a timeline of extinction of various microorganisms, plants, and animals. It lists species such as the Saint Helena Olive plant which became extinct in 1991, the West African Black Rhinoceros which was extinct by 2011, and the smallpox virus which was eradicated in 1978. Other extinct species mentioned are the Pyrenean Ibex which died off in 2000, the Buellia Asterella microorganism in 1991, and the Steller's Sea Cow in 1768. The timeline spans from 425 million years ago to 1957 and shows the varying times of extinction for different organisms.

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    The document provides a timeline of extinction of various microorganisms, plants, and animals. It lists species such as the Saint Helena Olive plant which became extinct in 1991, the West African Black Rhinoceros which was extinct by 2011, and the smallpox virus which was eradicated in 1978. Other extinct species mentioned are the Pyrenean Ibex which died off in 2000, the Buellia Asterella microorganism in 1991, and the Steller's Sea Cow in 1768. The timeline spans from 425 million years ago to 1957 and shows the varying times of extinction for different organisms.

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    A Timeline of Extinction (Brochure)

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    The document provides a timeline of extinction of various microorganisms, plants, and animals. It lists species such as the Saint Helena Olive plant which became extinct in 1991, the West African Black Rhinoceros which was extinct by 2011, and the smallpox virus which was eradicated in 1978. Other extinct species mentioned are the Pyrenean Ibex which died off in 2000, the Buellia Asterella microorganism in 1991, and the Steller's Sea Cow in 1768. The timeline spans from 425 million years ago to 1957 and shows the varying times of extinction for different organisms.

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    A TIMELINE OF

    EXTINCTION
    Saint Helena Olive
    (Nesiota Elliptical) West African Black Rhinoceros
    (animal)
    Smallpox Virus (microorganism)
    - A plant endemic to the island of
    Saint Helena, South Atlantic
    - Found in several countries in
    southeast region of Africa.
    Microorganisms,
    Plants, and Animals
    - Also known as orthopoxvirus Ocean
    - Disease: Smallpox - 3-3.8 m long and 1.4-1.7 m in
    - Not a member of the Olive family height
    - Eradicated in 1978 but more related to jujube tree. - Weighs 800-1,300 kg

    1978 1991 1994 2000 2011

    Pyrenean Ibex (animal)


    - One of the 4 species of Spanish
    Ibex in Iberian Peninsula.
    Buellia Asterella (microorganism) - Grows to 60-76 cm at the
    - A lichen of the family shoulder, weighs 24-80 kg
    Caliciaceae - Fed on grasses and herbs Submitted by:
    - Originated in Germany - The last of its kind was killed by
    Let us explore together the lives that exist
    - Became extinct on 1991 a falling tree in Northern Spain MARVEE A. VALENCIA before us… The lives that made history!
    in 2000
    Steller’s Sea Cow (animal)
    Saber-toothed Cat (animal) - Largest of the sea cow family
    - Had long, sharp teeth that - Adults were up to 9 meters Nilgiri Holly (Ilex Gardneriana)
    Cooksonia (plant) stick out of their mouths long, they moved slowly - Species of plant in the family
    - First plant to have a stem - Their extinction occurred - Hunted by humans to provide Aquifoliaceae.
    - Lived only along rivers and shortly after one of their prey meat for long sea expeditions - It was endemic to India.
    coastlines and quite often species, the mastodon, went - Can feed a ship full of men for - It became extinct due to
    submerged underwater. extinct. 30 days habitat loss.

    425 million 160 million


    10, 000
    years ago years ago 1662 1768 1803 1859 1957
    years ago

    Araucaria Mirabilis (plant)


    - From Argentina Dodo (animal) The Franklin Tree (plant)
    - The forest it inhabited was - Flightless bird that inhabited Leptoporus Mollis
    - Named after Benjamin Franklin
    (microorganism)
    suddenly engulfed in lava Mauritius in United States
    flows from a nearby volcanic - 1 meter tall and weighs 10-18 kg - A species native only to Georgia, - A fungus genus found in the
    eruption that engulfed the - Hunted to extinction by sailors growing in the wild only along family of Polyporaceae.
    entire region, turning the and their domesticated animals, the banks of the Altamaha River, - It spreads in areas north with
    trees into stone. and other invasive species. near Darien in McIntosh County. temperate climates.

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