KnowraChicxulub impactLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Chicxulub impact, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 3Related 3Compared with 2Deccan TrapsCompared with: It offers a sudden, independent cause of the same extinction interval.Hell Creek FormationRelated: Hell Creek strata preserve the regional fossil record immediately before and after its global effects.MosasaurRelated: The impact disrupted marine food webs in which mosasaurs were top predators.Walter AlvarezBroader topic: The impact supplied the physical event that the Alvarez hypothesis had predicted.Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9Compared with: Chicxulub is known from geological evidence, whereas Shoemaker–Levy 9 was watched as it happened.EnantiornithesRelated: It is central to explaining the environmental crisis during which enantiornithes vanished.TNT equivalentBroader topic: Impact energy estimates are often translated into TNT equivalents.Historical geologyBroader topic: Impact evidence in rocks helped identify a cause of a major extinction boundary.