Dinosaur foot fossil found killed when giant asteroid hits Earth

A dinosaur foot fossil kept in excellent condition, scientists have presented in Dakota, USA.

As reported by BBCthe foot, which is completely covered by skin debris, is just one of the many significant finds found in Tannis, North Dakota, USA.

Look at this amazing Thescelosaurus leg from the Tanis site! pic.twitter.com/CGsOjToyli

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In any case, it is not only the exceptional condition of these ancient specimens that impresses experts but also the estimates that prehistoric creatures, whose fossils are located, were killed and buried in dust 66 million years before, on the exact same day that a giant asteroid struck the Earth resulting in the end of the dinosaur era and the appearance of mammals.

Since the few dinosaur remains found on rocks give an idea of ​​the last thousands of years before the asteroid struck, having a specimen dating from that day is a particularly important finding.

“We have so many details from this area that they tell us what happened moment by moment. “It’s almost like seeing it in the cinema,” Robert DePalma, a graduate student at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom who is leading the excavation at Tanis, told the BBC.

BBC

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