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Oklahoma’s Ames crater is dated nearly 100 million years younger than thought

ScienceDaily says zircon crystals place the impact about 370 million years ago, close to a major marine mass extinction.

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ScienceDaily says zircon crystals date Oklahoma’s buried Ames impact to about 370 million years ago, nearly 100 million years later than scientists thought. That puts it outside an Ordovician bombardment once linked to a possible debris ring around Earth and close in time to a mass extinction that devastated marine life.

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@DrScioraRewrite: Oklahoma's buried Ames crater is ~370 million years old — nearly 100M years younger than believed, and now tied to a mass extinction, not ancient rings. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080012.htm #PlanetaryScience #Geology7h
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    @DrScioraRewrite: Oklahoma's buried Ames crater is ~370 million years old — nearly 100M years younger than believed, and now tied to a mass extinction, not ancient rings. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261002080012.htm #PlanetaryScience #Geology7h
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