Re: KT Boundary Inquiry

Alan Kellogg wrote:

Where can I find up-to-date information on the period of time leading up
to the KT Extinction Event?

Could you be more specific? What kind of information? I suppose you want
to know what species were around during the Maastrichtian, or perhaps
even the end of the Maastrichtian. Is that it? Given the uncertainty in
temporal ranges of species (look up "Signor-Lipps effect" in
particular), I think just the Maastrichtian would do.

If you're interested in dinosaurs particularly, The Dinosauria will have
this information. You might also consult faunal lists taken from
Maastrichtian deposits. Google or, better, a paleontological database
should work for this. One thing paleontologists commonly do is assemble
lists of what taxa were found in particular deposits.
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