Claim: Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found

I've read a few things about the Tanis dig site because I live in North Dakota. The site is 1 of 5 things that North Dakota has that's even slightly interesting. It got even more interesting recently if the following is true. Per the BBC:

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Scientists have presented a stunningly preserved leg of a dinosaur. The limb, complete with skin, is just one of a series of remarkable finds emerging from the Tanis fossil site in the US State of North Dakota. ... The claim is the Tanis creatures were killed and entombed on the actual day a giant asteroid struck Earth.

The site is going to be shown in an upcoming BBC documentary, but I don't think this new discovery will be included since it's set to air in a week or so.

While that leg is the headliner there were also some other amazing finds.

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Along with that leg, there are fish that breathed in impact debris as it rained down from the sky. We see a fossil turtle that was skewered by a wooden stake; the remains of small mammals and the burrows they made; skin from a horned triceratops; the embryo of a flying pterosaur inside its egg; and what appears to be a fragment from the asteroid impactor itself.

All-in-all a pretty amazing discovery. I can't wait to see what else they pull out of there in the upcoming months and years. I also now have a desire to play Jurassic Park tonight after work.

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