Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

[Aristaeus]

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fossil of an animal they believe died that day.

The perfectly preserved leg, which even includes remnants of the animal’s skin, can be accurately dated to the time the asteroid that brought about the dinosaurs’ extinction struck Earth 66m years ago, experts say, because of the presence of debris from the impact, which rained down only in its immediate aftermath.

“It’s absolutely bonkers,” said Phillip Manning, a professor of natural history at the University of Manchester.

Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

Remains of thescelosaurus in North Dakota believed to date back to extinction of species 66m years ago

www.theguardian.com

What a million-to-one find. Amazing.

 

[HIP56948]

Whoa! That is pretty cool. The poor thing's last thoughts were..WTF!
Boy, it's rather hard to comprehend the time scales on subjects like that. 65 million years is hard to absorb.

 

[Aristaeus]

Whoa! That is pretty cool. The poor thing's last thoughts were..WTF!
Boy, it's rather hard to comprehend the time scales on subjects like that. 65 million years is hard to absorb.

Dinosaurs were around for a long time too. T Rex lived nearer in time to the internet than they did to stegosaurus!

 

[Loulit01]

For a minute I thought you were talking about John Hoeven.

 

[soylentgreen]

North Dakota huh! Typical, No matter what disaster you can always find america has some part it it.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fossil of an animal they believe died that day.

The perfectly preserved leg, which even includes remnants of the animal’s skin, can be accurately dated to the time the asteroid that brought about the dinosaurs’ extinction struck Earth 66m years ago, experts say, because of the presence of debris from the impact, which rained down only in its immediate aftermath.

“It’s absolutely bonkers,” said Phillip Manning, a professor of natural history at the University of Manchester.

Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

Remains of thescelosaurus in North Dakota believed to date back to extinction of species 66m years ago

www.theguardian.com

What a million-to-one find. Amazing.

I heard that earlier on NPR, and I think it's amazing.

 

[rhinefire]

Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?

 

[Phys251]

Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?

Many more species than just dinosaurs died off in the K-T extinction.

 

[Lisa]

Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?

YCFS.

Around 75% of Earth's animals, including dinosaurs, suddenly died out at the same point in time. So how was it all caused by a rock hurtling into the coast of Central America?


Paul explains, 'The asteroid hit at high velocity and effectively vaporised. It made a huge crater, so in the immediate area there was total devastation. A huge blast wave and heatwave went out and it threw vast amounts of material up into the atmosphere.


'It sent soot travelling all around the world. It didn't completely block out the Sun, but it reduced the amount of light that reached the Earth's surface. So it had an impact on plant growth.'

How an asteroid ended the age of the dinosaurs

How did dinosaurs become extinct? Explore the Cretaceous extinction event and the role of the Chicxulub impact in the death of dinosaurs (except birds).

www.nhm.ac.uk

 

[MaryP]

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fossil of an animal they believe died that day.

The perfectly preserved leg, which even includes remnants of the animal’s skin, can be accurately dated to the time the asteroid that brought about the dinosaurs’ extinction struck Earth 66m years ago, experts say, because of the presence of debris from the impact, which rained down only in its immediate aftermath.

“It’s absolutely bonkers,” said Phillip Manning, a professor of natural history at the University of Manchester.

Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

Remains of thescelosaurus in North Dakota believed to date back to extinction of species 66m years ago

www.theguardian.com

What a million-to-one find. Amazing.

Awesome!

 

[MaryP]

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fossil of an animal they believe died that day.

The perfectly preserved leg, which even includes remnants of the animal’s skin, can be accurately dated to the time the asteroid that brought about the dinosaurs’ extinction struck Earth 66m years ago, experts say, because of the presence of debris from the impact, which rained down only in its immediate aftermath.

“It’s absolutely bonkers,” said Phillip Manning, a professor of natural history at the University of Manchester.

Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

Remains of thescelosaurus in North Dakota believed to date back to extinction of species 66m years ago

www.theguardian.com

What a million-to-one find. Amazing.

The fact that it killed a dinosaur in North Dakota when the asteroid hit in the Yucatan brought home the enormity of the impact to me. That and wood splinters impaling a turtle there--holy moley.

 

[Gordy327]

Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?

Wait, you think only dinosaurs went extinct during their mass extinction event?

 

[Deuce]

Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?

... 75% of all species on the entire planet went extinct, dude.

Here's what I think happened: I think some religious person asked this question thinking it was a big mic drop, this was not an original thought you had. You're just repeating it. The reason you are just repeating it is that you never critically assessed the premise, because even 60 seconds on Google can tell you that the question is based on inaccurate information.