Storms that Built a Graveyard: Ancient Monsoons Created a Spectacular Dinosaur Fossil Site

How ancient monsoons and cyclones built one of the world's most extraordinary dinosaur graveyards

A unique Italian fossil site reveals a dinosaur graveyard preserving forty years of life. Daily tidal layers and monsoon floods created this exceptional fossil record. The site captures the lives of Tethyshadros and other ancient creatures. This preservation occurred through violent weather events, not gentle stillness. The findings offer a rare glimpse into a vanished coastal world.

Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site

Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now north-eastern Italy was lashed by monsoon rains and tropical cyclones. Those storms swept dinosaur carcasses, crocodiles, plants and river mud onto a tidal flat, where the tides and a film of microbes sealed everything away with extraordinary preservation. My colleagues and I have published a new study that reconstructs the violent tropical climate behind the Villaggio d…

Ancient Monsoons Created a Spectacular Dinosaur Fossil Site

Around 80 million years ago, a stretch of tropical coastline in what is now northeastern Italy was lashed by monsoon rains and tropical cyclones. Those storms swept dinosaur carcasses, crocodiles, plants and river mud onto a tidal flat, where the tides and a film of microbes sealed everything away with extraordinary preservation. My colleagues and […] The post Ancient Monsoons Created a Spectacular Dinosaur Fossil Site appeared first on Knowridg…

Storms that constructed a graveyard: historic monsoons created a impressive dinosaur fossil website

Round 80 million years in the past, a stretch of tropical sea coast in what’s now north-eastern Italy was once lashed by way of monsoon rains and tropical cyclones. The ones storms swept dinosaur carcasses, crocodiles, vegetation and river dust onto a tidal flat, the place the tides and a movie of microbes sealed the whole lot away with odd preservation. My colleagues and I’ve printed a brand new find out about that reconstructs the violent trop…