# Fossils thought to be from animals killed by K-T asteroid found

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I thought about bumping the earlier thread (that this should be merged with) but decided it was too speculative (the rework possibility mentioned).

> [@The KT impact: deaths on the day found in Dakota](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kt-impact-deaths-on-the-day-found-in-dakota/831757):
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> BBC story [here](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47755275). Scientists have found creatures that were killed on the day of the impact and were immediately covered by mud and thus preserved as fossils. Amazing.

> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> P.S. I hadn’t realized that they changed it from **K-T** to **K-Pg**. I gotta keep up. Probably too many theatergoers thought it stood for “General Patronage” or something.

It is just correcting an asymmetry in terms. Cretaceous–Tertiary is like saying “December-2022”. Cretaceous-Paleogene is like saying “December-January”. (I still like to call it “Katey”, though.)

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