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To: TobagoJack who wrote (147472)10/24/2019 5:35:43 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 217620
 
Another incredible discovery! The days after the dinosaurs died...

Colorado Fossils Show How Mammals Raced to Fill Dinosaurs’ Void
nytimes.com

An unusually rich trove found in Colorado reveals the world in which our mammalian forebears evolved into larger creatures.

Some 66 million years ago, mammals caught their lucky break. An asteroid crashed into what is now Chicxulub, Mexico, and set off a catastrophic chain of events that led to the annihilation of the non-avian dinosaurs. That day began their furry ascension to the top of a brave new world, the one from which our species would one day emerge. But little is known about the time period directly after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, or K-Pg event, because the fossil record is lacking.

Now, a team of paleontologists has uncovered a trove of thousands of fossils in Colorado that provides an in-depth look at the first million years following the K-Pg mass extinction event. The finding provides insight into the interactions between animals, plants and climate that occurred in the earliest days of the age of mammals, and that allowed them to grow from the size of large rodents into diverse wildlife we might begin to recognize today.

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