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**Jackalope** · February 8, 2013 at 11:12 pm

Only 150 feet... that might ruin one's day were it to hit. Good thing it won't.

Anomalocaris · (This post was last modified: February 8, 2013 at 11:19 pm by Anomalocaris.)

Btw, as usual, the report is inaccurate. The results of the research shows the asteroid impact fell within 10000 years of the most commonly accepted stratigraphic marker for the end of Cretaceous. It DOES NOT show the asteroid killed off the dinosaurs. As you can see everytime look upon a live bird, dinosaurs are not killed and are still with us. Birds are dinosaurs.

Non-avian branches of dinosaurs did go extinct around the end of Cretaceous. But it is not clear if the asteroid really finally killed them off either. There are some fossil evident that suggest some families of non-avian dinosaurs were alive 250,000 years above the stratigraphic marker for end of Cretaceous.

**Minimalist** · February 9, 2013 at 12:18 am

Quote:The results of the research shows the asteroid impact fell within 10000 years of the most commonly accepted stratigraphic marker for the end of Cretaceous.

Close enough for government work?

Angel

**Cyberman** · February 9, 2013 at 12:33 am

US Government, perhaps. Ours would still be trying to decide what size asteroid to use and whether it counts as expenses.

**Minimalist** · February 9, 2013 at 2:23 am

Recall that there are many ( usually elected from stupid-ass redneck states) who think that the earth is only 6000 years old.

Anomalocaris · February 9, 2013 at 2:23 am

(February 9, 2013 at 12:33 am)Stimbo Wrote: US Government, perhaps. Ours would still be trying to decide what size asteroid to use and whether it counts as expenses.

In the US, the dinosaurs should have prayed that asteroid day would fall on a weekend. That way the bankrupt national postal service would refuse to deliver to deliver the asteroid.

Cato · February 9, 2013 at 3:23 am

(February 9, 2013 at 2:23 am)Chuck Wrote: In the US, the dinosaurs should have prayed that asteroid day would fall on a weekend. That way the bankrupt national postal service would refuse to deliver to deliver the asteroid.

Fuck that. Just send it by way of Amtrak; oh, wait...

Zone · February 9, 2013 at 5:24 am

The distinction between dinosaurs and birds gets a little fuzzy.

[Image: caudipteryx.png]

I don't think any scientist in their right minds would still suggest that they're not directly related, or in fact pretty much the same thing.

**Napoléon** · (This post was last modified: February 9, 2013 at 5:47 am by Napoléon.)

(February 8, 2013 at 11:13 pm)Chuck Wrote: Btw, as usual, the report is inaccurate. The results of the research shows the asteroid impact fell within 10000 years of the most commonly accepted stratigraphic marker for the end of Cretaceous. It DOES NOT show the asteroid killed off the dinosaurs. As you can see everytime look upon a live bird, dinosaurs are not killed and are still with us. Birds are dinosaurs.

Non-avian branches of dinosaurs did go extinct around the end of Cretaceous. But it is not clear if the asteroid really finally killed them off either. There are some fossil evident that suggest some families of non-avian dinosaurs were alive 250,000 years above the stratigraphic marker for end of Cretaceous.

The article did explain this.

It openly says that the asteroid was not solely responsible for the extinction of all dinosaurs, but it was with reasonable certainty the catalyst for their eventual extinction.

Zone · February 9, 2013 at 5:54 am

Non-avian dinosaurs may have been in decline before the asteroid impact, the asteroid just helped to finish them off.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dinosaur-...7345.shtml

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...134159.htm

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