Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Paleontology Earth Sciences


After the extinction event, the dominant life form was the fungi that thrived in the dark. Researchers have constructed a timeline of the fungal takeover and eventual replacement by resurgent plant life.








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Cretaceous-Tertiary


See Also:
  • The K-T Extinction - Essay by Richard Cowen about the mass extinction paleontology of many extinction species that occurred at the end paleontology of the Cretaceous Period extinction and how the catastrophe paleontology hypotheses hold up to scrutiny.
  • Dinosaurs' End: The Gravitational Hypothesis - An original, serious and well-argued theory by F.Malmartel cretaceous-tertiary explaining dinosaur extinction, especially why dinosaurs disappeared when cretaceous-tertiary other reptiles survived.
  • Dinosaurs and Extinctions - From the Classroom of the Future website. Includes extinction an introduction to the major theories on the extinction Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
  • Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out? - Article by Pete Goddard on this subject covering paleontology the sea, extinction the land and the air, and paleontology coming to the conclusion extinction that the evidence points paleontology to a single catastrophic event.
  • Dinosaur Volcano Greenhouse Extinction - The dinosaur extinction occurred during a Deccan Traps paleontology volcanism-induced greenhouse climate change. By Dewey McLean.
  • The Cretaceous Extinction - 85 percent of all species died in the K-T extinction extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. This article provides extinction information on the geological setting, the species affected and the extinction possible causes of the event.
  • The Sylacauga Astrobleme and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event - Harold Clinton Gragg considers the evidence for a newly discovered 135 km impact crater in central Alabama, and its significance with regards to the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event.
  • The Great Mystery - Information on current and past hypotheses on dinosaur extinctions from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
  • 101 Crazy Dinosaur Theories - Theories about dinosaur extinction
  • Science Daily: A World Ruled By Fungi - After the extinction event, the dominant life form paleontology was the extinction fungi that thrived in the dark. paleontology Researchers have constructed a extinction timeline of the fungal paleontology takeover and eventual replacement by resurgent extinction plant life.
  • Dinosaur Extinction - Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.
  • The End-Cretaceous (K-T) Extinction - Discusses geologic setting, possible causes, and species affected cretaceous-tertiary by the cretaceous-tertiary event at the end of the cretaceous-tertiary Mesozoic Era.


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