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  The Great Mystery http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinction.html
Information on current and past hypotheses on dinosaur extinctions from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
  Dinosaurs and Extinctions http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html
From the Classroom of the Future website. Includes an introduction to the major theories on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
  Dinosaur Volcano Greenhouse Extinction http://filebox.vt.edu/artsci/geology/mclean/Dinosaur_Volcano_Extinction/pages/studentv.html
The dinosaur extinction occurred during a Deccan Traps volcanism-induced greenhouse climate change. By Dewey McLean.
  The K-T Extinction http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html
Essay by Richard Cowen about the mass extinction of many species that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period and how the catastrophe hypotheses hold up to scrutiny.
  Dinosaur Extinction http://web.ukonline.co.uk/a.buckley/dino.htm
Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.
  The End-Cretaceous (K-T) Extinction http://hannover.park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/cretmass.html
Discusses geologic setting, possible causes, and species affected by the event at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
  The Cretaceous Extinction http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/cretmass.html
85 percent of all species died in the K-T extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. This article provides information on the geological setting, the species affected and the possible causes of the event.
  Dinosaurs' End: The Gravitational Hypothesis http://frederic.malmartel.free.fr/Fin_des_dinosaures/eedinosaures1.htm
An original, serious and well-argued theory by F.Malmartel explaining dinosaur extinction, especially why dinosaurs disappeared when other reptiles survived.
  Science Daily: A World Ruled By Fungi http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040308071720.htm
After the extinction event, the dominant life form was the fungi that thrived in the dark. Researchers have constructed a timeline of the fungal takeover and eventual replacement by resurgent plant life.
  The Sylacauga Astrobleme and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event http://alastrobleme.org
Harold Clinton Gragg considers the evidence for a newly discovered 135 km impact crater in central Alabama, and its significance with regards to the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event.
  101 Crazy Dinosaur Theories http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Communication/Couch/101Theories.html
Theories about dinosaur extinction
  Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out? http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/communication/Goddard/page1.html#intro
Article by Pete Goddard on this subject covering the sea, the land and the air, and coming to the conclusion that the evidence points to a single catastrophic event.

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