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"Lost world" of dinosaurs survived extinction ?

By T.K. Randall
May 3, 2009 · Comment icon 2 comments

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A new study has suggested that a small pocket of dinosaurs somehow survived the mass extinction 65 million years ago and went on to thrive in an isolated region for up to half a million years.
An isolated group of dinosaurs somehow survived the catastrophic event that wiped out most of their kind some 65.5 million years ago, a new study suggests. Dinosaurs of this "lost world," in a remote region of the U.S. West, may have outlived their doomed relatives by as much as half a million years, according to James Fassett, an emeritus scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Fe, New Mexico. "


Source: National Geographic | Comments (2)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by DieChecker 16 years ago
For a second I thought it said they survived up till a half million years ago, but what it really means is 64.5 million years ago instead of 65 million. I was crazy for a second there.
Comment icon #2 Posted by MysteryMike 16 years ago
Well I actually don't find it surprising that some dinosaurs survived for a bit longer. I always thought that something like this could always be found out to be true.


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