Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scientists claim

Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by gorgoiler on Sunday April 10, 2022 @05:12AM (#30975522)

The Tanis death assemblage contains land and river life mixed together with large amounts of mud — mud which is made partly of molten rock granules.

The hypothesis is that it was formed from the rapid drainage of a flooded plain, and that the flood was probably caused by the Chicxulub event.

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Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by drewrv on Sunday April 10, 2022 @08:29AM (#30976424)

Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know about it and it’s lead me down quite the Wikipedia rabbit hole.

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Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by stevenwoo on Sunday April 17, 2022 @08:30PM (#31065959)

The 90 minute documentary mentioned in the article aired this week, has the real fossils mixed with animations of the creatures and coverage of the excavation you may enjoy (Dinosaurs: The Final Day).

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Re:Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scien... by ncmncm on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @05:06PM (#31020274)

It also has salt-water fish mixed up with fresh-water fish.

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