The find was made by an amateur fossil hunter on the Cliffs of Stevns, which offers “exceptional evidence” of the meteorite impact on Earth about 65 million years ago that brought an end to ...

Learn about the time period that took place 65 to 23 million years ago. 3 min read At the dawn of the Paleogene—the beginning of the Cenozoic era—dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and giant marine ...

According to UNESCO, the Cliffs of Stevns contain "exceptional evidence of the impact of the Chicxulub meteorite that crashed into the planet about 65 million years ago," which is commonly ...

Although they came into their own only after the extinction of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, mammals had maintained ... large body sizes, and the world they inherited was a different ...