A massive meteorite impact and extreme volcanic activity occurred around the same time that Earth's large dinosaurs went extinct. But, did the volcanic activity play a role in the mass extinction, or ...
For decades, the prevailing theory behind the mass extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has pointed to a catastrophic asteroid impact near today’s Yucatán Peninsula. The massive crater of ...
Dinosaurs only started to live large after a mass extinction altered the planet in their favor. Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs.