1. A location called Chicxulub, along the Yucatan coast, has been suggested as the primary impact site. 位于尤卡坦海岸的一个叫希克苏鲁伯的地方被认为是主要的撞击地点。
2. The Chicxulub crater, as it is known, may have been a mere aperitif. 众所周知,希克苏鲁伯陨石坑可能只是一个“开胃酒”。
3. The sites that are distant from Chicxulub show evidence of only one impact. 在那些远离希克苏鲁伯陨石坑的地点,有证据显示只发生过一次撞击事件。
4. The extinction was caused by a massive asteroid slamming into Earth at Chicxulub in Mexico. 闯入地球的小行星一般被认为是白垩-第三纪灭绝,即恐龙遭受大灭绝的主要原因之一。 那次毁灭性事件灭绝了地球上超过一半的物种,为哺乳动物成为地球上的首要物种扫清了道路。
5. Thought to have been caused by asteroid impact that created Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan. 据认为其原因是在尤卡坦半岛造成希克苏鲁伯陨石坑的小行星影响。