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Chicxulub Crater

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1990

Alan Hildebrand1990

Chicxulub Crater · Science / Astronomy

Idetifies the 180 mile wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico, and propose it as being the most likely candidate for the catastrophic environmental changes that killed off 70% of all species around 65 million years ago

Names involved

Alan Hildebrand

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