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No. Dinosaurs existed in the Mesozoic era and became extinct in the last period of Mesozoic era ie. in Cretaceous period. However horse evolution started in the first period of the next era ie. Cenozoic. So, no poor dinosaurs didn't get to see any horses :p

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Yes. Dinosaurs and true mammals both appeared in the Triassic period.

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yes horses were alive since about 79 A.C.

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Q: Were mammals around when the dinosaurs were around?
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Is it true that mammals cohabited with the dinosaurs?

Yes. Mammals were around through most of the time that dinosaurs were.


Were mammals around before dinosaurs?

Yes.


Were there other mammals with dinosaurs?

There were mammals living alongside the dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs were not mammals.


What if dinosaurs were not extinct?

we and all large mammals would not be around


Did mammals and dinosaurs ever shared the earth?

Yes, but the only mammals around at that time would have been small rodent-like mammals.


Which are older mammals or birds?

Mammals are older. The first mammals evolved around 220 million years ago, not long after the first dinosaurs. Birds evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs about 160 million years ago.


Who has lived longer on earth so far dinosaurs or mammals?

Mammals and dinosaurs started about the same time and mammals are still here, so ... Mammals! (Unless you count birds as dinosaurs, in which case it's a tie). One of the mysteries of evolution is why the dinosaurs came to dominate the mammals in the first place.


Are dinosaurs the oldest mammals?

No. Dinosaurs were not mammals. They were more closely related to birds and modern reptiles than they were to mammals.


Do you believe that dinosaurs were ever mammals?

No. Dinosaurs are currently considered reptiles and are not related to mammals.


Are dinosaur birds mammals?

Birds are now classed as dinosaurs, but most dinosaurs were not birds. Neither dinosaurs nor birds are mammals.


Who appeared in fossils first dinosaurs or mammals?

Dinosaurs first appeared shortly before mammals did.


Did mammals evolve from dinosaurs?

No. Mammals evolved from synapsid reptiles, a group not closely related to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are more closely related to modern reptiles and birds than they are to mammals.