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Since the 19th century, a significant amount of research has been conducted on the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, the mass extinction that ended the dinosaur -dominated Mesozoic Era and set the stage for the Age of Mammals, or Cenozoic Era. A chronology of this research is presented here.
Nov 1, 2014 · We have outlined paleontological signatures of three major extinction events that profoundly affected the evolution of the Phanerozoic biota: the end-Permian, end-Triassic and Cretaceous–Paleogene events.
- Vivi Vajda, Antoine Bercovici
- 2014
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
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Feb 23, 2023 · The Cretaceous-Paleogene event drastically altered the evolutionary history of marine ecosystems. The most recent biological mass extinction occurred ~66 million years ago (Ma), marking the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary.
May 30, 2018 · The Cretaceous/Palaeogene mass extinction eradicated 76% of species on Earth 1, 2. It was caused by the impact of an asteroid 3, 4 on the Yucatán carbonate platform in the southern Gulf...
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Abstract. We report a time-calibrated stratigraphic section in Colorado that contains unusually complete fossils of mammals, reptiles, and plants and elucidates the drivers and tempo of biotic recovery during the poorly known first million years after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction (KPgE).
