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.
I heard that earlier on NPR, and I think it's amazing.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 agowww.theguardian.com
What a million-to-one find. Amazing.
Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?
YCFS.Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?
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.'
Awesome!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 agowww.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.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 agowww.theguardian.com
What a million-to-one find. Amazing.
Wait, you think only dinosaurs went extinct during their mass extinction event?Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?
... 75% of all species on the entire planet went extinct, dude.Answer this: Why did only dinosaurs perish?
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