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'Ocean life was killed shortly before extinction of dinosaurs'

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Press Trust of India Washington

It is believed that dinosaurs went extinct after an asteroid at least 9 kilometres in diameter slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

However, researchers led by the University of Washington found that by the time of the asteroid impact, life on the seafloor

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First Published: Sep 06 2012 | 4:55 PM IST

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