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| Dinosaurs’ last spring: Study pinpoints timing of Chicxulub asteroid impact Posted: 10 Dec 2021 07:31 AM PST Scientists conclusively confirm the time year of the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid, responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth 66 million years ago. Springtime, the season of new beginnings, ended the 165-million-year reign of dinosaurs and changed the course of evolution on Earth. |
| Dinosaurs and amber: A new window to the Cretaceous world from 110 million years ago Posted: 10 Dec 2021 07:31 AM PST New findings of amber in the site of Ariño in Teruel (Spain) have enabled the reconstruction of a swampy paleoenvironment with a rich coastal resin forest from 110 million years ago, from the era of dinosaurs. This place featured conifers and understories of gymnosperms and ferns, and flower plants, where insects, turtles, crocodiles, mammals and dinosaurs such as the species Proa valdearinnoensis and Europelta carbonensis lived. |
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