Life after the Asteroid (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Life after the Asteroid

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Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina, a type of plankton, was one of the first new species to appear in the aftermath of the end Cretaceous mass extinction. This specimen was found in the core drilled by International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 364 to the Chicxulub impact crater.

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Chris Lowery, The University of Texas at Austin

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