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Oklahoma meteor crater redated, tied to Devonian mass extinction

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Led the zircon dating study

A meteor crater buried beneath Oklahoma is nearly 100 million years younger than scientists thought. Zircon crystals from the Ames impact structure date the strike to about 370 million years ago, not 467 million years ago as previously believed.

Updated Oct 14