Why Are Current Claims of Paleocene Non-Avian Dinosaur Fossils Still Unconvincing?

The Paleocene, the first epoch of the Paleogene, marks the beginning of the Cenozoic after the end of the Cretaceous. The phrase "Paleocene non-avian dinosaur" therefore challenges one of the most familiar boundaries in palaeontology: non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, and no non-avian dinosaurs are known to have lived during the Paleocene. If non-avian dinosaurs truly survived into the Paleocene, that would reshape our understanding of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

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