Traces in Cuba of meteorite crash that destroyed dinosaurs

Traces in Cuba of meteorite crash that destroyed dinosaurs: report

Cuban researchers say there are signs in the center of their island of
the mega-meteor that slammed into modern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula 65
million years ago, in what was the beginning of the end for dinosaurs,
official media reported Tuesday.

Fossilized remains of oysters and sea urchins have been identified at a
late-Cretaceous dig site in the central Cuban province of Sancti
Spiritus, ecologist Abel Hernandez, one of a team of researchers working
at the site, was quoted as saying.

The fossils "shared with the dinosaurs the colossal catastrophe" and
represent part of an "animal guide to the late Cretaceous" period,
according to Hernandez.

The meteorite slammed into the Yucatan near Chicxulub with the force of
five billion atomic bombs, the scientist was quoted as saying. The
impact let loose huge clouds of sulfuric acid and particulate matter
that blocked the sun's rays and caused mass extinction of animal and
plant species, opening the way to a new geologic era, the report said.

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