Incoming: The Chicxulub Impactor, Part 5 ― Other Theories & Other Extinctions By Stephanie Osborn

Incoming: The Chicxulub Impactor, Part 5 ― Other Theories & Other Extinctions By Stephanie Osborn

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Other Theories Gradual Decline

Some statistical studies indicate that, based on the fossil record, most of the major dinosaur groups were already declining during the Late Cretaceous, though certain herbivore groups appear to proliferate during this period.

The researchers who performed these studies indicate that the dinos’ inability to “replace extinct species...