A buried crater under the town of Ames, Oklahoma, that produces oil and gas was dated to the wrong era by about 100 million years, and its new age of about 370 million years puts it close to a mass extinction that wiped out much of the sea’s life
Zircon dating moves the buried Ames impact in Oklahoma to about 370 million years ago, close in time to the Late Devonian mass extinction, UT Austin researchers report. Published October 18, 2026 Austin, Texas: A meteorite impact buried under the town of Ames,…