The Dinosaur Age May Have Ended in Springtime
The New York Times
A new study examining fossils of fish suggests animals were wiped out by a massive meteor at a time when they were just emerging from hibernation and having offspring.
The dinosaur-killing meteor hit in spring.
That is the conclusion of scientists who examined the bones of fish that died on that day when a six-mile-wide asteroid collided with Earth.
“These fishes died in spring,” said Melanie During, a graduate student at Uppsala University in Sweden and lead author of a paper published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. “The reign of dinosaurs ended in spring.”
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