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Earliest alligators thrived shortly after dinosaur extinction

Analysis shows large alligators flourished in North America just hundreds of thousands of years after the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 11 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

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  1. Earliest alligator flourished in the wake of the dinosaur extinction New Scientist
  2. New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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