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News Release 06-150
More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago
Growing evidence shows a series of natural events caused extinction
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![Geologists drilling in the Brazos River region of Texas found new evidence for dinosaur extinction.](/news/mmg/media/images/meteor1_f.jpg)
Geologists drilling in the Brazos River region of Texas have found new evidence for what killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Credit: Gerta Keller
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![Geologist Gerta Keller looks at sediment samples along the Brazos River in Texas.](/news/mmg/media/images/meteor2_f.jpg)
Geologist Gerta Keller looks at sediment samples along the Brazos River in Texas.
Credit: Gerta Keller
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