{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/624ef4a48a040d0012418045?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Fossil of dinosaur 'killed in asteroid strike' found","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>A piece of Earth’s history has just been found. Scientists have discovered a fossil of a perfectly preserved dinosaur leg that may have been ‘ripped off’ by the asteroid that sparked a mass extinction.</p><p><br></p><p>It was unearthed at a site in Tanis, North Dakota, 3,000km away from the asteroid impact site in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s one of a number of impressive finds from the location.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Professor Paul Barrett, dinosaur specialist from the Natural History Museum, explains the significance of this 66-million-year-old find.</p><p><br></p><p>Today we talk about:</p><ul><li>The significance of the discovery (02:50)</li><li>Other findings at this particular site (04: 09)</li><li>The upcoming Sir David Attenborough BBC documentary on the Tanis site (05:34)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>For the latest news follow us on<a href=\"https://twitter.com/EveningStandard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Twitter</a> @EveningStandard</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}