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During what period did dinosaurs first appear in the fossil records?
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The oldest dinosaur fossils known to man date back to the late Triassic Period about 230 Million Years Ago.
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When did modern humans appear on earth according to fossil records?
According to the fossil records, the modern humans did appear on earth more than 130,000 years ago.
When do small mammals appear in fossil records?
During the KT extinction event the majority of life on earth became extinct. Small mammals, however, were able to survive this mass extinction.
From what year to what year did the dinosaurs lived?
Dinosaurs appear in the fossil records in the late triassic period about 230 million years ago and became extict (except birds)at the end of the cretaceous period 65 million years ago.
Abundant fossil evidence did not appear in the geologic record until about?
Geologic records evidence of abundant fossil is 540 Million Years ago during the Paleozoic Era.
In which era did dinosaurs appear and die out?
The fossil records for dinosaurs end during the late Cretaceous period. This means that their numbers dwindled so low as to not leave fossil evidence. Their true extinction most like followed quickly. This is picky, I admit, but since you asked what ERA ended the dinosaurs, I suppose you should have the answer. They died out at the end of the Mesozoic Era (which was, as noted above, also the end of the Cretaceous Period). However, many scientists no classify birds as dinosaurs, in which case they never fully became extinct.
Are fossils records complete or incomplete?
Fossil records are not complete. By some estimates, less than 1% of organisms that have lived appear in the fossil record.
How can you tell a reptile's fossil from a dinosaurs fossil?
a dinosaurs fossil is alot bigger than a retile's
Did stone age men live in the time of the Dinosaurs?
According to the fossil records uncovered, the large saurian dinosaurs were extinct millions of years before the earliest humans were present.
When did mammals appear in the fossil records?
40 million years agoThey started appearing in the Cenozoic period.
When did the dinosaurs first appear?
They appear in the fossil record in the late Triassic about 230 million years ago and go extinct around 65 mya.
Did mammals appear in the fossil record after dinosaurs became extinct?
No, mammals lived alongside dinosaurs and their earliest known fossils of about 200 million years old are almost contemporary with the early dinosaur fossils.
How do you rewrite this sentence to make it correct Fossil fuels are made from the fossils of dinosaurs?
Fossil fuels are not made from the fossils of dinosaurs.
