print email comment close Blast from the Past URL: http://paleobiology.si.edu/blastPast/ Description: "Recently recovered deep-sea core contains convincing new evidence of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs went extinct." Includes photos of fossilized foraminifera (single-celled organisms) and other materials from the core, references and related sites, and an interview with the micropaleontologist who led the expedition. From the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Publisher: Smithsonian Library of Congress Subject Headings: Asteroids Paleontology LII Database Information: Record 3633 created by Dana Lubow on 03/22/1999 Last modification on 06/12/2007 Published: 03/22/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3633