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The End of the Dinosaurs

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The bull's eye marks the location of the Chicxulub impact site.   The impact of a 10 mile wide comet caused global climate changes that killed the dinosaurs and many other forms of life.  By the Late Cretaceous the oceans had widened, and India approached the southern margin of Asia.

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