"Unearthing Clues: Morocco's Dinosaur Discovery and Extinction"

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Source: The Conversation
"Unearthing Clues: Morocco's Dinosaur Discovery and Extinction"
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New fossils of abelisaurs in Morocco suggest that African dinosaurs remained diverse up to the very end, indicating a sudden extinction possibly caused by the impact of a giant asteroid. The discovery of diverse predatory dinosaurs in Africa hints that dinosaurs were thriving and diversifying immediately before their extinction, challenging the idea of a global decline in dinosaur diversity. These findings shed light on the final days of dinosaurs and provide clues about their sudden demise.

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