# The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event had to have been crazy fast, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** science-math\ **Created:** [August 2, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-had-to-have-been-crazy-fast-right/1032096 "2026-08-02T15:55:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
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There’s also a good discussion we had here several years ago, link below. In the second post of that thread, I provided a link to an excellent _New Yorker_ article about the Tanis site, which I believe also provides a fascinating account of what happened on that fateful day. The _New Yorker_ is semi-paywalled but allows free access to a very small number of articles every month. > [@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): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cretaceous-paleogene-extinction-event-had-to-have-been-crazy-fast-right/1032096)._