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A crater did not take out the dinosaurs.....

But the crater caused by the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs is about 180 km (110 miles) in diameter.

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Where is the crater in Mexico caused by the big bang?

I guess you mean the crater in Mexico where many think the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs fell. That is the Chicxulub crater, covering almost half of the Yucatan peninsula.


Name of the crater that hit the dinosaurs?

Chicxulub impact crater.


How long is the crater Mexico?

You mean the Chicxulub crater, which is connected with the extinction of dinosaurs? It has a diameter of approximately 180 kilometers (112 miles).


What did they called that wipe out the dinosaurs?

The extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs is called the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Event (K-T Extinction, for short... Yes, that is supposed to be a K). The crater left by the asteroid impact is called the Chixculub crater.


What was Adriana Ocampo's greatest achievement?

Adriana's greatest achievement was finding the Crater of Doom -known as the crater which whipped out the dinosaurs- in Belize, Mexico in 1991.


What is a sentence with the word crater?

The crater was as big as her upper esophageal sphincter.


What does a volcanic crater mean?

a volcanic crater is the big empty spot in a volcano


If scientists were to find a large crater dated around the time of the dinosaurs what might it indicate about their extinction?

Many people actually believe that A large flood killed all of the dinosaurs, A large earthquake caused the crater that engulfed the dinosaurs, or A large volcanic eruption resulted in global climate change., but no. it was actually that of A large asteroid strike resulted in a massive explosion that altered plant life. It created an explosion so big that it basicly wipes out the entire species of dinosours!


Where is the proof to what killed the dinosaurs?

It may not be undeniable proof of what killed them, but the crater is in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.


How old is Mexico Crater in the Yucatan Peninsula?

The Chicxsuklub crater is some 65 million years old; it is believed to be the place where the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs fell.


Was it only the meteorites who killed the dinosaures?

Actually volcanos and meteorites killed the dinosaurs the crater hit Mexico and volcanos all over the world were the dinosaurs lived


How big is the Wolfe Creek crater in Australia?

the crater averages about 875 meters in diameters