Tag: end-Cretaceous
-

Did This Spiral Sea Creature Outlive the Dinosaurs? The Nautilus’ Enduring Tale
Introduction: A Spiral Survivor in a World of Dinosaurs Around 66 million years ago, a colossal asteroid strike in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula reshaped life on Earth. The event, often dubbed the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction, wiped out about 75 percent of species, including most dinosaurs. But some ancient sea creatures with spiral shells…
