[meteorite-list] Paleogene Dinosaurs ???

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 8:34:16 -0600
Message-ID: <20110115093416.X0PH5.679867.imail_at_eastrmwml44>

A new paper about the direct dating of dinosaur bones,
has been published online in advanced of its publication
in ?Geology.? It is:

Fassett, J. E., L. M. Heaman, and A. Simonetti, 2011, Direct
U-Pb dating of Cretaceous and Paleocene dinosaur bones,
San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Geology, first published
on January 5, 2011, doi:10.1130/G31466.1

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/01/05/G31466.1.abstract
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/current

Based on such dating, they argue that within the area of what
is now New Mexico, dinosaurs survived the K-P impact and
became extinct within the Paleogene.

Yours,

Paul Heinrich
Received on Sat 15 Jan 2011 09:34:16 AM PST