Problem
Extinct megafauna
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Nature:
Megafauna comprises extremely large animals, including whales, elephants and dinosaurs. Virtually all of these giant animals are now extinct.
Incidence:
Extinction of megafauna is almost a global phenomenon. Most of the world's continents and islands have lost the larger members of their fauna at some time over the last 50,000 years. Africa is the only continent which has not suffered significant extinctions.
Megafauna became extinct up to 50,000 years ago in Australia and New Guinea, around 10,900 years ago in North (and presumably South) America, about 1500 years ago in Madagascar, and between 900 and 600 years ago in New Zealand. This pattern closely follows the current chronology of human expansion around the world.
Broader Problems:
ExterminationRecurring mass extinctions of speciesDecreasing diversity of biological species Narrower Problems:
Extinct species of MiacidaeExtinct species of MesosauriaExtinct species of MammutidaeExtinct species of MesosuchiaExtinct species of ProtosuchiaExtinct species of CotylosauriaExtinct species of CotylosauriaExtinct species of EnaliarctidaeExtinct species of AmphicyonidaeExtinct species of StegodontidaeExtinct species of BarytheriidaeExtinct species of IchthyosauriaExtinct species of DiatrymiformesExtinct species of Macropus titanThreatened species of ArchaeocetiExtinct species of DeinotheriidaeExtinct species of MoeritheriidaeExtinct species of DesmatophocidaeExtinct species of GomphotheriidaeExtinct species of AnthracobunidaeExtinct species of DiprotodontidaeExtinct species of ThylacoleonidaeExtinct species of DinornithiformesExtinct species of AepyornithiformesExtinct species of HesperornithiformesExtinct species of Archaeopterygiformes Related Problems:
Extinct species of EosuchiaExtinct species of SynapsidaExtinct species of DocodontaExtinct species of CreodontaExtinct species of AnagalidaExtinct species of GelocidaeExtinct species of IlariidaeExtinct species of EuryapsidaExtinct species of SaurischiaExtinct species of LeptictidaExtinct species of NotopternaExtinct species of DinocerataExtinct species of PyrotheriaExtinct species of LitopternaExtinct species of PantodontaExtinct species of MesonychiaExtinct species of PantolestaExtinct species of CarusiidaeExtinct species of FulengidaeExtinct species of HelohyidaeExtinct species of PlacodontiaExtinct species of PterosauriaExtinct species of ThecodontiaExtinct species of ApatotheriaExtinct species of DesmostyliaExtinct species of AsiadelphiaExtinct species of XenungulataExtinct species of TillodontiaExtinct species of TaeniodontaExtinct species of HelaletidaeExtinct species of EomoropidaeExtinct species of PediomyidaeExtinct species of MiralinidaeExtinct species of GansuiformesExtinct species of MekosuchidaeExtinct species of OrnithischiaExtinct species of CondylarthraExtinct species of TriconodontaExtinct species of EmbrithopodaExtinct species of DonodontidaeExtinct species of TegotheridiaExtinct species of NotoungulataExtinct species of DinilysiidaeExtinct species of MosasauridaeExtinct species of EuposauridaeExtinct species of OromerycidaeExtinct species of DichobunidaeExtinct species of WynyardiidaeExtinct species of MayulestidaeExtinct species of BorhyaenidaeExtinct species of PatagoniidaeExtinct species of GroeberiidaeExtinct species of SauropterygiaExtinct species of AmphichelydiaExtinct species of EupantotheriaExtinct species of TodralestidaeExtinct species of KennalestidaeExtinct species of TheroteinidaeExtinct species of AstrapotheriaExtinct species of DidymoconidaeExtinct species of SymmetrodontaExtinct species of AmynodontidaeExtinct species of LophialetidaeExtinct species of PalaeophiidaeExtinct species of PachyophiidaeExtinct species of NigeropheidaeExtinct species of NecrosauridaeExtinct species of ParasaniwidaeExtinct species of ArdeosauridaeExtinct species of CebochoeridaeExtinct species of NecrolestidaeExtinct species of PolydolopidaeExtinct species of StagodontidaeExtinct species of ArgyrolagidaeExtinct species of AmbiortiformesExtinct species of ProtoaviformesExtinct species of MingotheriidaeExtinct species of ErnanodontidaeExtinct species of IsectolophidaeExtinct species of DeperetellidaeExtinct species of LophiodontidaeExtinct species of HyracodontidaeExtinct species of ArchaeophiidaeExtinct species of AnomalophiidaeExtinct species of SimoliophiidaeExtinct species of ChangjiangidaeExtinct species of BroilisauridaeExtinct species of BavarisauridaeExtinct species of LeptochoeridaeExtinct species of LeptomerycidaeExtinct species of CainotheriidaeExtinct species of EntelodontidaeExtinct species of ProtoceratidaeExtinct species of AgriochoeridaeExtinct species of AmphimerycidaeExtinct species of PalorchestidaeExtinct species of EktopodontidaeExtinct species of PilkipildridaeExtinct species of SandcoleiformesExtinct species of StomatosuchidaeExtinct species of ProganochelydiaExtinct species of EpoicotheriidaeExtinct species of AegialodontidaeExtinct species of PalaeotheriidaeExtinct species of BrontotheriidaeExtinct species of KuehneosauridaeExtinct species of DolichosauridaeExtinct species of AigialosauridaeExtinct species of PalaeomerycidaeExtinct species of AnoplotheriidaeExtinct species of HypertragulidaeExtinct species of ChoeropotamidaeExtinct species of ThylacosmilidaeExtinct species of HylaeochampsidaeExtinct species of ZalambdalestidaeExtinct species of MetacheiromyidaeExtinct species of YingabalanaridaeExtinct species of MultituberculataExtinct species of DeltatheridiidaeExtinct species of ChalicotheriidaeExtinct species of ParamacellodidaeExtinct species of HoplitomerycidaeExtinct species of BonapartheriidaeExtinct species of LithornithiformesExtinct species of GobipterygiformesExtinct species of LimnornithiformesExtinct species of AlexornithiformesExtinct species of PraeornithiformesExtinct species of PraeornithiformesExtinct species of GondwanatheriidaeExtinct species of AnthracotheriidaeExtinct species of MerycoidodontidaeExtinct species of HaplobunodontidaeExtinct species of YalkaparidontidaeExtinct species of IchthyornithiformesExtinct species of PatagopterygiformesExtinct species of CathayornithiformesExtinct species of EnantiornithiformesExtinct species of MacrocephalosauridaeExtinct species of IberomesornithiformesExtinct species of Palaeocursornithiformes Organizations:
Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE)ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)Global Partnership on Local and Subnational Action for BiodiversityAfrican Biodiversity Network (ABN)CEEweb for BiodiversityEuropean Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS)Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)Biodiversity and Economics for Conservation (BIOECON)Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) Subject(s):
Societal Problems → DestructionRelated UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
03.09.2021 – 18:57 CEST