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There were thousands of species of dinosaurs living on Earth at different times and places starting around 225million years ago until 65.5 million years ago. Most of these species died out long before 65.5 million years ago, only to be replaced by new dinosaur species. Climate change and competition from more advanced species probably caused most of these extinctions. However, 65.5 million years ago, an asteroid that was 6 miles in diameter crashed into what is now Mexico. It threw so much dust and ash in the atmosphere that sunlight was blocked, killing off all the plants. Without plants, herbivorous dinosaurs died out, and without them, carnivorous dinosaurs also died out. Note that birds, technically a group of dinosaurs, survived, so not all dinosaurs are extinct.

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