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title: "What caused dinosaurs to become extinct?"  
description: "A short explanation of the dinosaurs and how they go extinct"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2576/what-caused-dinosaurs-to-become-extinct  
category: "science and history"  
tags: ["dinosaurs", "education", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What caused dinosaurs to become extinct?

![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/c5b2aed7-9492-4a29-80b0-7e0e20ac9139.jpeg) ![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/9e9f8cbc-0c2f-4b88-b9ad-78f332df910d.jpeg) The most widely accepted theory for dinosaur extinction is that an asteroid or comet wiped them off. ![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/6114cdc3-17a6-4bb3-93ef-cc23a76e067b.jpeg) It was the size of a mountain that blasted onto Earth 66 million years ago ![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/889ac1b7-43db-43cc-87b6-f46f4c5d8778.jpeg) It caused creating a massive shockwave and throwing up a huge cloud of dust and debris into the atmosphere ![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/5053c7e0-a799-4690-9d61-3876b400c6a2.jpeg) Hence, wiping out the dinosaurs and many other creatures. ![What caused dinosaurs to become extinct](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/89feb1b9-0184-45b5-b2cb-985ce966d1a0/images/1d7d0c00-c6e4-4dc5-903e-3759aa17c7d1.jpeg) Other evidence of the impact has been discovered in the fossil record, such as tsunamis and massive wildfires.

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