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Rayon, a 66 Million-Year-Old Window: Researchers Find Traces of the Asteroid that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs

A site located in Rayón, San Luis Potosí, retains one of the most important evidence in Mexico about the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago and is associated with the extinction of non-Avian dinosaurs. Researchers identified in the area a layer of rock corresponding to the K/Pg boundary, a geological strip that marks the transition between the Cretaceous and Paleogenous periods. The stratum contai…
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A site located in Rayón, San Luis Potosí, retains one of the most important evidence in Mexico about the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago and is associated with the extinction of non-Avian dinosaurs. Researchers identified in the area a layer of rock corresponding to the K/Pg boundary, a geological strip that marks the transition between the Cretaceous and Paleogenous periods. The stratum contai…

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Potosinoticias.com broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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