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====Choiyoi Silicic Large Igneous Province==== A second flood basalt event that produced the Choiyoi Silicic Large Igneous Province in southwestern Gondwana between around 286 Ma and 247 Ma has also been suggested as a significant additional extinction mechanism.<ref name="JosefinaBodnar" /> At 1,300,000 cubic kilometres in volume<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nelson |first1=D. A. |last2=Cottle |first2=J. M. |date=29 March 2019 |title=Tracking voluminous Permian volcanism of the Choiyoi Province into central Antarctica |journal=[[Lithosphere (journal)|Lithosphere]] |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=386–398 |doi=10.1130/L1015.1 |bibcode=2019Lsphe..11..386N |s2cid=135130436 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and 1,680,000 square kilometres in area, this event was 40% the size of the Siberian Traps.<ref name="JosefinaBodnar" /> Specifically, this flood basalt has been implicated in the regional demise of the Gondwanan ''Glossopteris'' flora.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Spalletti |first1=Luis A. |last2=Limarino |first2=Carlos O. |date=29 September 2017 |title=The Choiyoi magmatism in south western Gondwana: implications for the end-permian mass extinction - a review |url=http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V44n3-a05 |journal=[[Andean Geology]] |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=328 |doi=10.5027/andgeoV44n3-a05 |issn=0718-7106 |access-date=20 September 2023|doi-access=free |bibcode=2017AndGe..44..328S |hdl=11336/66408 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
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