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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScientists find fossil of dinosaur 'killed on day of asteroid strike'
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/07/fossil-dinosaur-killed-asteroid-strike-thescelosaurus-north-dakota-extinction
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 animals 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.
Its absolutely bonkers, said Phillip Manning, a professor of natural history at the University of Manchester. He told BBC Radio 4s Today programme the thescelosaurus leg discovered at the Tanis dig site in North Dakota was the ultimate dinosaur drumstick.
He said: The time resolution we can achieve at this site is beyond our wildest dreams This really should not exist and its absolutely gobsmackingly beautiful. 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.
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Scientists find fossil of dinosaur 'killed on day of asteroid strike' (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Apr 2022
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Sneederbunk
(16,291 posts)1. It was a Monday.
nilram
(3,253 posts)8. Can't trust that day
Goonch
(3,924 posts)2. ;-{)🖖


Leith
(7,860 posts)4. The bottom photo is magnificent
I imagine that the animal was killed instantly from the flash and heat, but the body was not turned to ashes. Then it was covered in falling debris and a goodly amount of iridium.
That is a heck of a find!
The Unmitigated Gall
(4,710 posts)3. I imagine there were a lot of dinosaur drumsticks on that day.
lapfog_1
(31,089 posts)5. Tanis dig site in North Dakota
if they locate the map room maybe they can find the Lost Ark.
localroger
(3,769 posts)6. The Lost Ark has snakes, not dinos /nt
lapfog_1
(31,089 posts)11. Tanis - I think you missed that part
roamer65
(37,677 posts)7. I have a vial of glass beads from the boundary layer.
When I look at it, I wonder how much is fried dinosaur DNA.
canetoad
(19,278 posts)9. Probably quite a lot
Microscopic glass beads containing human DNA from Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been found in the oceans. Pretty mind-blowing concept.
I bet its in them.
Did not know that about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.