jtotheizzoe: Triceratops Bones Support Asteroid Extinction Theory The youngest dinosaur bones ever found, the horn of a Triceratops (or Torosaurus, depending on who you ask) have given support to the theory that an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs. There’s a particular layer in the geologic record filled with exotic minerals. Those minerals support the idea that an asteroid hit the Earth at just that moment. No dinosaur bones have been found above that line, which points to their time of extinction. These new bones were discovered within just a few centimeters of the impact line, meaning that they were deposited shortly before the likely impact, and that the impact was the final nail in the coffin for the dwindling dinos. (via Wired.com)
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Triceratops Bones Support Asteroid Extinction Theory

The youngest dinosaur bones ever found, the horn of a Triceratops (or Torosaurus, depending on who you ask) have given support to the theory that an asteroid impact wiped out the dinosaurs.

There’s a particular layer in the geologic record filled with exotic minerals. Those minerals support the idea that an asteroid hit the Earth at just that moment. No dinosaur bones have been found above that line, which points to their time of extinction.

These new bones were discovered within just a few centimeters of the impact line, meaning that they were deposited shortly before the likely impact, and that the impact was the final nail in the coffin for the dwindling dinos.

(via Wired.com)

(vía jtotheizzoe)

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