Tag: dinosaurs
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Prehistoric asteroid wiped out nearly all mammals as well as dinosaurs, research suggests
I’ve always been fascinated by dinosaurs, ever since I was a young boy. While they take centre stage in the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous, 65 million years ago, recent research by scientists from the University of Bath reveals that the impact of the asteroid that struck near the Yucatan peninsula was…
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Mystery solved: Why large dinosaurs avoided the tropics for millions of years
Interesting article on Fox News about why large dinosaurs seem to have avoided the tropics during the Triassic period. Palaeontology warning us about climate change today! New research has revealed why it took more than 30 million years for large Triassic dinosaurs to populate the tropics after they first appeared on Earth, ending a mystery…