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Were dinosaurs already on their way out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, ending the Cretaceous, the geologic period that started about 145 million years ago? It's a question that has vexed paleontologists like us for more than 40 years.
Kyle Atkins-Weltman, a Ph.D. student was studying a small collection of fossils he had purchased for $5,000 in 2020 for a research project when he made the discovery.
A newly identified “chicken from hell” species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit
A student at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences discovered a new dinosaur species, calling it "Pharaoh’s dawn chicken from hell"
The name of the new species, which lived just over 66 million years ago, roughly translates to "Pharaoh's dawn chicken from hell".