Dinosaur Extinction
Dinosaur Extinction and the K-T Boundary
Numerous causes for dinosaur extinction have been proposed. Some have suggested gradual extinction. Others argue for a catastrophic cause. How do creation scientists explain the disappearance of dinosaurs from the fossil record above the Cretaceous layer?
Extinction by Asteroid?
The idea has been ingrained in our consciousness tha dinosaurs died out because a large asteroid or comet hit the earth some 65 million years ago. But the theory has some problems.
Chicxulub Crater and Dinosaur Extinction
Those who suggest the Mexican meteorite triggered events resulting in mass extinctions presume the meteorite caused catastrophes such as sun-blocking seismic fallout and unprecedented volcanic activity. The models supporting this scenario, however, were not based on a realistic model of the earth.
Articles About Dinosaur Extinction
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Magazine Department ArticleWill This Idea Survive?Oct. 1, 2009 from Answers Magazine
Recent discoveries raise new doubts that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
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The Wimpy AsteroidMay 2, 2009 from News to Know
The widely taught model of dinosaur extinction doesn’t line up with the latest fossil findings.
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Dinosaur Demise Theory from LiveScienceJan. 26, 2008
A cocktail of environmental changes initiated by watery catastrophe doomed the dinosaurs, reports LiveScience on research published in Nature Geosciences.
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Extinction Fell from the Sky?Sept. 8, 2007
An asteroidal collision is what ultimately doomed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, reports BBC.
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Many, Many Dinosaurs Drowned All at Once? How?June 16, 2007
Veterinarian-turned-paleontologist Cynthia Marshall Faux has a new hypothesis to explain the “often” awkward positions of fossilized dinosaurs. Faux and a colleague say brain damage and suffocation are likely culprits.
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Research PaperPaleocene Dinosaurs and the Reinforcement SyndromeDec. 1, 2003, pp. 5–8
Evolutionary scientists have proclaimed for years that the dinosaurs died out at the end of the Cretaceous, exactly 65 million years ago. This date has been considered an evolutionary fact of nature.
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Dinosaur Demise Theory, Version #451Nov. 15, 2002
New York Times has announced the latest variant on the ‘dinosaur demise’ theory. ‘New Theory on Dinosaurs: Multiple Meteorites Did Them In.’
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Research PaperEnd-Mesozoic Extinction of Dinosaurs Partly Based on Circular ReasoningAug. 1, 2001, pp. 6–7
Creationists are well aware that rocks are often dated by the fossils they contain.
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Technical Research PaperThe Extinction of the DinosaursAug. 1, 1997, pp. 137–154
Dinosaur extinction is still a major enigma of earth history. In this review article, extinctions in the geological record will be briefly mentioned.
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