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| 'Great Dying'; Can't get more world event than this ! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 14 2004, 05:05 AM (194 Views) | |
| somerled | May 14 2004, 05:05 AM Post #1 |
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Hunt for Oil Leads to Crater Linked to 'Great Dying' C250Myr BC , the surface of the earth was nearly sterilised.
![]() Has the smoking gun been found ? WA 'meteor' crater hints at mass extinction |
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| Sgt. Jaggs | May 14 2004, 08:09 AM Post #2 |
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How about a Voyager Movie
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But they believe they have found the smoking gun that shows a meteor sparked the "Great Dying," much as an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago forming what is now the Chicxulub crater off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. ^^^^So the Yucatan Meteor still gets credit for the Dino kill. |
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| somerled | May 14 2004, 09:34 AM Post #3 |
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I believe the extinction event that did in the dinosaurs wasn't nearly as dramatic is this event 190My earlier. Life on earth was very nearly totally done in by this one - that's why it's referred to as the "Great Dying". |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | May 15 2004, 11:26 AM Post #4 |
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I'm surprised a certain poster in here didn't blame "Bush Jnr" for this... :lol: |
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| captain_proton_au | May 15 2004, 12:13 PM Post #5 |
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Didnt the Permian extinction have something to do with the first sea creatures that evolved to land animals, or it was straight after or because of it? - I remember reading somewhere. |
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| somerled | May 16 2004, 02:28 AM Post #6 |
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Proton: I believe amphibians and early dinosaurs were already colonising the land 250My BC. Anyone up to speed on this ? Bill: Now that's a thought.
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| captain_proton_au | May 16 2004, 08:50 AM Post #7 |
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Amphibians started off about 100 million years before. Here's an Interesting summary on the timelines Hmm, cockroaches have been around for about 300 million years, longer than Dinosaurs and a lot of reptiles, little devils! |
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| somerled | May 16 2004, 10:40 PM Post #8 |
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Proton: Thought it was something like that - been a long time since I did any geology subjects so I was a bit vague on the time line. From your source
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