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The atlas · Fossils and extinction · Mass extinctions

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The end-Cretaceous extinction

The asteroid, the volcanoes, and why only the bird dinosaurs survived.

The plate The impact and its crater, drawn to scale over the Yucatán.
Page type
An encyclopaedia entry
Collection
Fossils and extinction, mass extinctions
When
About 66 million years ago. The finished piece will give dates from its sources.
Status
Planned and outlined. Every fact in it will be checked against a named source and listed on Sources before it goes up.

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