Paleontologists Uncover Dinosaur Killed Hours After Asteroid Struck

This dinosaur was killed hours after the asteroid struck. Take a look!

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00:00Around 66 million years ago, a nearly 7.5 mile wide asteroid slammed into Earth, starting

00:06the extinction process for the dinosaurs.

00:09That process took some time, but now paleontologists say they may have found some fossils of creatures

00:14that actually died on the exact day the asteroid hit.

00:18This is one of those fossils, which they say is so extremely well preserved you can still

00:21see the dinosaur's scaly skin.

00:23They found fossils of both a Thessalosaurus and a Triceratops, and they believe it's from

00:28the day the asteroid impacted because of the other debris that they found around it.

00:32They discovered little bits of glass-like particles in the gills of other fish fossils found at

00:36the site.

00:37Glass-like particles that were likely molten pieces of rock kicked up by the asteroid.

00:41And the discovery is so incredible, the paleontologists researching it are even floored by their own

00:45find, with PhD supervisor Phil Manning, who is overseeing the project, telling the BBC,

00:51The time resolution we can achieve at this site is beyond our wildest dreams.

00:55This really should not exist, and it's absolutely gobsmackingly beautiful.

00:59And perhaps the most interesting thing?

01:01The skin fossils show no signs of feathers, which could once again turn what we thought

01:05we knew about dinosaurs on its head.