Scientists Uncover Fossil of Dinosaur Killed in Cataclysmic Asteroid Strike
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Scientists Uncover Fossil , of Dinosaur Killed
in Cataclysmic , Asteroid Strike .
IGN reports that scientists have discovered a fossil of a dinosaur they believe died in the same global event that wiped the dinosaurs from existence. .
The team of scientists
at the Tanis dig site in
North Dakota uncovered
the surprisingly well-preserved
leg of a thescelosaurus. .
The team of scientists
at the Tanis dig site in
North Dakota uncovered
the surprisingly well-preserved
leg of a thescelosaurus. .
Remnants of debris found on the ancient fossil date back
66 million years to the exact moment of an asteroid
impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. .
Remnants of debris found on the ancient fossil date back
66 million years to the exact moment of an asteroid
impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. .
IGN reports that the discovery, represents a remarkable, moment in history.
University of Manchester professor
of natural history Phillip Manning
called the discovery "absolutely bonkers.”.
The time resolution we can achieve at
this site is beyond our wildest dreams.
This really should not exist, and it’s
absolutely gobsmackingly beautiful, Phillip Manning, University of Manchester
professor of natural history, via BBC.
I never dreamt in all my career
that I would get to look at
something a) so time-constrained;
and b) so beautiful, and also
tells such a wonderful story, Phillip Manning, University of Manchester
professor of natural history, via BBC.
Robert DePalma, a University
of Manchester graduate student, is leading
the excavation at the Tanis dig site. .
We’ve got so many details with this
site that tell us what happened moment
by moment, it’s almost like watching it
play out in the movies. You look at the rock
column, you look at the fossils there,
and it brings you back to that day, Robert DePalma, University of Manchester
graduate student, via BBC.
We’ve got so many details with this
site that tell us what happened moment
by moment, it’s almost like watching it
play out in the movies. You look at the rock
column, you look at the fossils there,
and it brings you back to that day, Robert DePalma, University of Manchester
graduate student, via BBC
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