How long ago where dinosaurs around?

Answer 1

Depending on the species, dinosaurs were around anytime between about 230 million years go to about 65 million years ago. However, if birds are included as dinosaurs, as they are by most paleontologists, then dinosaurs are still around to this day.

A young earth Creationist would say that dinosaurs were created on Day 6 of God's creation. Man was created on Day 6 as

Answer 2

Dinosaurs were around during the Mesozoic era (65 - 230 million years ago) made up of 3 periods, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. In the Triassic dinosaurs first evolved. In the Jurassic sauropodmorphs (long necked dinosaurs) were most successful. And in the Cretaceous dinosaurs were at their peek in size, numbers and different types of species, but at the end of the Cretaceous the dinosaurs were destroyed.

Answer 3

Dinosaurs did not live in any particular year. The oldest known dinosaur fossils date to about 230 million years ago. They went extinct 65.5 million years ago, except for birds, which most paleontologists consider to be modern dinosaurs.

Answer 4

The earliest dinosaurs that we have discovered lived 231.4 million years ago, in the mid-Triassic.

The earliest dinosaurs evolved 231 million years ago. This was during the Triassic period. They evolved from relatives of today's crocodilians to fill niches that were left empty by the worst mass extinction in history, the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

Answer 5

The earliest dinosaurs evolved 231 million years ago. This was during the Triassic period. They evolved from relatives of today's crocodilians to fill niches that were left empty by the worst mass extinction in history, the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

Answer 6

The Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago.

Answer 7

On the forth day... i think <----wtf???

well 2012-1,000,000 so 2012.000000-1,000,000

Answer 8

Mis-spelled... Correction: What amount of time did the dinosaurs live?

Answer: 225 Million years ago to 65 Million years ago.

Answered in 2012.

Answer 9

The earliest dinosaurs that we have discovered lived 231.4 million years ago, in the mid-Triassic.

Answer 10

Before 65 million years.