Tertiary Cretaceous Extinction Paleontology

Tertiary Cretaceous Extinction Paleontology

Tertiary

This category is for websites dealing with the scientific study of the end-Mesozoic mass extinction.

Top: Science: Earth Sciences: Paleontology: Extinction: Cretaceous-Tertiary

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- 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.
- Discusses geologic setting, possible causes, and species affected by the event at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
- Theories about dinosaur extinction
- Information on current and past hypotheses on dinosaur extinctions from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
- From the Classroom of the Future website. Includes an introduction to the major theories on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
- The dinosaur extinction occurred during a Deccan Traps volcanism-induced greenhouse climate change. By Dewey McLean.
- Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.

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