Posted on 04/07/2022 7:40:41 AM PDT by dennisw
Scientists find fossil from THE DAY the dinosaurs died 66m years ago: Leg of Thescelosaurus was 'ripped off in aftermath' of huge asteroid strike that wiped out most species on Earth Dinosaurs were wiped out by the Chicxulub event - a plummeting asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago
The asteroid more than six miles in diameter slammed into what is now Mexico, leaving a 93-mile wide crater Experts found the fossilised leg of a dinosaur killed and what appears to be a fragment of the asteroid itself
Findings were made at Tanis, a renowned paleontological site in North Dakota that formed at time of impact A new BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough will reveal several of the new findings at Tanis
A fossilized leg of a dinosaur that died on the day the Chicxulub asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago has been unearthed alongside a fragment of the space rock that killed it, experts say.
The leg fossil, found at the Tanis site in North Dakota, belonged to a Thescelosaurus, a small herbivore, and is likely to have been ripped off after the asteroid hit and caused a flash flood.
Palaeontologists say it's the first dinosaur victim from the famous asteroid strike – which left a 93-mile-wide impact crater in what is today the Gulf of Mexico – that has ever been discovered.
The creature was 'buried on the day of impact', they claim. They also think they've unearthed a tiny fragment from the asteroid, which totaled more than six miles in diameter
The remarkable discoveries were made by University of Manchester palaeontologist Robert DePalma at a famous dig site called Tanis in North Dakota, discovered in 2008 and nicknamed 'the dinosaur graveyard'.
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I bought into this new dinosaur on the block, and was enthused. The default mode in Freeper Land is skepticism and cynicism. Now I am more skeptical of this discovery. Also, because it will get a big ol' PR blast on the BBC with (can do no wrong) David Attenborough. The timing is.... uncanny!
One or two hours before the mega- asteroid hit the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately the T-Rex stumbled and was washed down the river. Thus, no T-Rex fossil remains to be found.
I may be in a minority, but I think this discovery is legit and fascinating. Don’t reject the story if you don’t like the messenger
I saw it THEM! in a movie once
Absolutely amazing
Let's see what sauropod has to say.
Looks exactly like the feet of one of my chickens. Of course, chickens were alive in South America at the time. Luckily for us, they were located at the very Southern tip of South America and were able to survive. Chickens = One tasty Dinosaur.
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Floods rip off appendages? I suppose ... tangentially ... maybe.
I’m gonna need a bigger smoker.
I agree. It’s not like there wasn’t plenty of other things that might tear a leg off. If they miss the estimated date by 1/10%, that’s only an error of 60,000 years.
I think she also talked about soft wood too.
I wonder why the crocodiles survived.
Neat!
I wonder what Dinosaur Leg is priced at, in Aldi’s. Maybe $6.99 a pound?
Scientists find fossil from THE DAY the dinosaurs died 66m years ago<<<Tanis, in North Dakota??Findings were made at Tanis, a renowned paleontological site in North Dakota...
I really did nazi that coming.
("Only the Best Come North.")
Is there a Well of Souls for dinosaurs?
More from the Daily Mail article:
Entitled 'Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough', the documentary will be aired on BBC One on Friday, April 15
(110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic)
RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic was a British passenger liner...
Of course any fan of The Far Side knows the *real* reason dinosaurs became extinct.
Earth has been around 66 million years and man with his ICE cars, cooking with gas, heating our homes, is going to end earth life within 100+ years! LMAO!
Need to look at this in closer detail.
Going to send this to a few fossil nuts i know. A couple of them are real interested in the K-T boundary.
You’ll be forking over a good chunk of change then.
I suspect this has some weight to it.
Just like the rest of us dinosaurs. ;-)
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