It’s a discovery unlike any other.
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00:00Around 66 million years ago, a nearly seven and a half mile wide asteroid slammed into Earth,
00:09starting the extinction process for the dinosaurs.
00:12That process took some time, but now paleontologists say they may have found some fossils of creatures
00:17that actually died on the exact day the asteroid hit.
00:20This is one of those fossils, which they say is so extremely well preserved you can still
00:25see the dinosaur's scaly skin.
00:26They found fossils of both a Thessalosaurus and a Triceratops, and they believe it's
00:31from the day the asteroid impacted because of the other debris that they found around it.
00:35They discovered little bits of glass-like particles in the gills of other fish fossils found at
00:39the site.
00:40Glass-like particles that were likely molten pieces of rock kicked up by the asteroid.
00:44And the discovery is so incredible, the paleontologists researching it are even floored by their own
00:49find, with PhD supervisor Phil Manning, who is overseeing the project, telling the BBC,
00:53quote, the time resolution we can achieve at this site is beyond our wildest dreams.
00:58This really should not exist, and it's absolutely gobsmackingly beautiful.
01:02And perhaps the most interesting thing, the skin fossils show no signs of feathers, which
01:06could once again turn what we thought we knew about dinosaurs on its head.