A Science study found that dinosaurs in New Mexico lived within 400,000 years of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, contradicting claims that those dinosaurs were millions of years older than the extinction event.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, reputable sources (CBS News, National Geographic, CNN, Science News) reporting on a peer-reviewed Science study; findings align with primary journal publication. [tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025, From Preserved Blood ... (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossils-new-mexico-dinosaurs-thriving-before-asteroid-strike-study/ (corroboration)
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/dinosaurs-thriving-extinction-asteroid-new-mexico (corroboration)
- https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/science/new-mexico-dinosaur-site (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dinosaurs-thriving-before-asteroid (corroboration)