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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Kevin Rawlinson

Scientists find fossil of dinosaur ‘killed on day of asteroid strike’

A Thescelosaurus neglectus.
A Thescelosaurus neglectus. The dig has been filmed for a BBC documentary. Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/The Guardian

Scientists believe they have been given an extraordinary view of the last day of the dinosaurs after they discovered the fossil of an animal they believe died that day.

The perfectly preserved leg, which even includes remnants of the animal’s skin, can be accurately dated to the time the asteroid that brought about the dinosaurs’ extinction struck Earth 66m years ago, experts say, because of the presence of debris from the impact, which rained down only in its immediate aftermath.

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