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Extinction of the Dinosaurs

Paul Bochner

1976 3 min

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This short animation illustrates how a sudden change in climate caused by a stellar explosion resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs that roamed the earth 65 million years ago.

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This short animation illustrates how a sudden change in climate caused by a stellar explosion resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs that roamed the earth 65 million years ago.

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Animals

History

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Credits

• director
  Paul Bochner
  
• producer
  Wolf Koenig
  
• music
  Karl Duplessis
  

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