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  2. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event - Wikipedia

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    The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, [a] also known as the K–T extinction, [b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [2] [3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.

  3. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - Wikipedia

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    He also discusses why the dinosaurs died out while other animals did not, the history of our understanding of the causes of dinosaur extinction, and competing theories. The epilogue covers the rise of mammals after the dinosaur extinction, the subject of Brusatte's next book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals .

  4. We finally know how long it took for dinosaur eggs to hatch - AOL

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    Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? A new study says it may have been because of their eggs and a long incubation period. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

  5. Dinosaurs the Terrible Lizards - Wikipedia

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    The film's estimation is off by a couple million years both in its extinction date and its oldest dinosaur fossil date. Dinosaurs the Terrible Lizards says that the oldest dinosaur fossils were about 225 million years old, as of 2024 a 233 million year old [1] dinosaur fossil was found in Brazil. The film says that dinosaurs went extinct 70 ...

  6. Dinosaur-killing asteroid was likely a giant mudball ... - AOL

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    A study reveals the chemical makeup of the Chicxulub asteroid that collided with Earth and resulted in the extinction of nearly all dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Dinosaur-killing asteroid was ...

  7. Scientists believe they have finally uncovered what killed ...

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    In a new report published by Nature Geoscience, researchers believe that, while these other impacts would have critically harmed hundreds of dinosaur species, past studies had neglected the role ...

  8. Alvarez hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Luis Walter Alvarez, left, and his son Walter, right, at the K–T Boundary in Gubbio, Italy, 1981. The Alvarez hypothesis posits that the mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living things during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was caused by the impact of a large asteroid on the Earth.

  9. Last Day of the Dinosaurs - Wikipedia

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    Last Day of the Dinosaurs is a 2010 Discovery Channel television documentary about the K-T extinction, which resulted in the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. [1] It portrays the Alvarez hypothesis as the cause of extinction. The documentary was released on August 28, 2010 and narrated by Bill Mondy. [2]