101 Crazy Dinosaur Theories - http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Communication/Couch/101Theories.html
Theories about dinosaur extinction |
Dinosaur Extinction - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/a.buckley/dino.htm
Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
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 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. |
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. |