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Were four legged mammal-like animals that survived the extinction of dinosaurs?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe extinction of the dinosaurs is thought to have been mainly caused by a dearth of plants that herbivorous dinosaurs consumed in great quantities. On the land, only the smallest creatures such as the shrews (mammals) survived.
The colder climate (impact winter) that is thought to have occurred during the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction was also not as harmful to mammals, whose warm-blooded bodies enabled them to function better than the large cold-blooded reptiles. Marsupials and semi-aquatic mammals were able to dig and burrow to obtain food and shelter.
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∙ 11y agoNo four-legged dinosaur survived the extinction. The only dinosaurs that survived were the birds, which are two-legged.
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∙ 14y agoyes the mammal looked like a mole with a long snout with no fur on it and it could see
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∙ 14y agoTherapsids
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What were four legged mammal-like animals that survived the extinction of dinosaurs?
many such as ambulocetes and a species of monkey(look up ambulocetes on google images).
Animals of the mesozoic extinction?
Dinosaurs and marine reptiles.
What event describes the extinction of all the dinosaurs and about half of the animals and plant species?
crustacious teriary extinction
Why have some animals not changed before the time of dinosaurs?
because not all the dinosaurs were killed some survived
Do scientist know that dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago?
Actually many reptiles died out. Some marine animals survived like sharks. Almost everything died out. The survivors were mammals, insects, and other tiny creatures. Sorry T-rex.
Did no acient animals survive?
Yes, some ancient animals survived the mass extinction primarily by living underground or underwater.
What accounts for the dinosaurs' rise to dominance at the start of the Jurassic Period?
At the beginning of the Triassic period, a mass extinction wiped out most large land animals. The remaining animals quickly evolved to fill the empty niches, and one line led to the earliest dinosaurs. Another, less severe, mass extinction at the end of the Triassic eliminated the animals that were significant competition to the dinosaurs. With these animals out of the way, dinosaurs quickly diversified to fill the empty niches.
Where do bevers come from?
Beavers are mammals ... like us. They are descendants of the small animals that survived the dinosaurs.
What caused the extinction at the end of the cretaceous period?
many believe this was due to a hugeasteroid (rocky mass that orbits the sun) striking earth- this threw huge amounts of dust and water vapor into the atmosphere, blocking sunlight- killing plants and animals (no dinosaurs survived)
What caused the mass extinction at the end of the cretaceous?
many believe this was due to a hugeasteroid (rocky mass that orbits the sun) striking earth- this threw huge amounts of dust and water vapor into the atmosphere, blocking sunlight- killing plants and animals (no dinosaurs survived)
What is the dying out of many types of animals at once called?
A mass extinction or extinction event. For instance the death of the dinosaurs is the Cretaceous-Tertiary event (or K-T event for short).
What was the world after death of dinosaurs like?
After the extinction of the dinosaurs, the mammals who survived began to flourish and evolve. They started off small, but evolved much larger and took over the Earth. Before the animals of the modern world, the planet was inhabited by their more primitive cousins. Smilodon (saber-toothed cat) and later, the Wooly Mammoth are some examples.
