But despite their potential importance, Sprigg's discoveries were ignored at an international geology meeting and his paper describing the fossils was rejected by the leading journal,.

尽管潜在的意义十分重大，斯普里格的这个发现却在一个国际会议上受到冷落，他描述这些化石的论文也被权威期刊退稿。

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The fossil record also shows an apparent lack of dinosaur fossils in the last few million years leading up to the impact.

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