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conceptA geological layer containing over 100,000 fossils from 100 species, representing the day of the asteroid impact that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs
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The Day The Dinosaurs Died
Well, at the bottom of the pit, Ken discovered a 66 million year old bone bed. This is a six inch deep layer of dirt that runs across the width of the quarry with over 100,000 fossils from 100 different species from the Cretaceous period. So Ken calls this the extinction layer. This bone bed, Aisha, essentially documents the day that the asteroid Cretaceous