[HN Gopher] Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life befo...
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Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Author : hhs
Score : 53 points
Date : 2021-05-13 04:40 UTC (18 hours ago)
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| chiefalchemist wrote:
| Not to get off topic but it's worth mentioning that there's
| scientific debate over whether an asteroid ended the rein of
| dinosaurs.
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| https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/dinosau...
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| Evidently, volcanic activity is also credited with giving rise to
| the dino era as well. So ending it isn't as crazy as it sounds.
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| https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/atlantic-canadian-mega-volca...
| quietbritishjim wrote:
| _T. Rex and the Crator of Doom_ [1] is a great read about the
| actual impact site of the asteroid that (probably) wiped out
| (the last of) the dinosaurs. Admittedly the author is not
| exactly unbiased, since not only is his career built on the
| event but so was his father 's! But still quite convincing and
| very interesting.
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| [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crater-Doom-Princeton-Science-
| Libra...
| danparsonson wrote:
| Ah what I wouldn't give to be in a submarine exploring the
| ancient seabeds millions of years ago - can one of you _please_
| hurry up and discover time travel?
| FridayoLeary wrote:
| what would you do when you run out of petrol...........
| danparsonson wrote:
| Haha presumably I could just cram some handfuls of plankton
| in the tank
| tealpod wrote:
| I am working on it.
| danparsonson wrote:
| Thank you, I appreciate your efforts
| pcmaffey wrote:
| Bobby Shaftoe has a story to tell...
| dilippkumar wrote:
| I spat out my coffee. Well done!
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