Web Directory

» 101 Crazy Dinosaur Theories
   Theories about dinosaur extinction
   http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Communication/Couch/101Theories.html

» Dinosaur Extinction
   Short summaries of some theories of dinosaur extinction.
   http://web.ukonline.co.uk/a.buckley/dino.htm

» Dinosaur Volcano Greenhouse Extinction
   The dinosaur extinction occurred during a Deccan Traps volcanism-induced greenhouse climate change. By Dewey McLean.
   http://filebox.vt.edu/artsci/geology/mclean/Dinosaur_Volcano_Extinction/pages/studentv.html

» Dinosaurs and Extinctions
   From the Classroom of the Future website. Includes an introduction to the major theories on the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
   http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html

» Dinosaurs' End: The Gravitational Hypothesis
   An original, serious and well-argued theory by F.Malmartel explaining dinosaur extinction, especially why dinosaurs disappeared when other reptiles survived.
   http://frederic.malmartel.free.fr/Fin_des_dinosaures/eedinosaures1.htm

» Science Daily: A World Ruled By Fungi
   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.
   http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040308071720.htm

» The Cretaceous Extinction
   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.
   http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/cretmass.html

» The End-Cretaceous (K-T) Extinction
   Discusses geologic setting, possible causes, and species affected by the event at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
   http://hannover.park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/cretmass.html

» The Great Mystery
   Information on current and past hypotheses on dinosaur extinctions from the University of California Paleontology Museum.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinction.html

» The K-T Extinction
   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.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html

» The Sylacauga Astrobleme and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Event
   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.
   http://alastrobleme.org

» Timing and Rate of the KT Extinction: What Else Died Out?
   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.
   http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/communication/Goddard/page1.html#intro