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Dinosaurs first evolved 231.4 million years ago in Pangaea. This was during the beginning of the Mesozoic era, in the Triassic period.

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Which animal was alive first birds or dinosaurs?

Dinosaurs evolved first and then some dinosaurs evolved into birds. So all birds are technically dinosaurs.


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The first dinosaurs evolved from fishes and were no bigger than these days crocodiles.


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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.


Is it true that the first dinosaurs appeared in the triassic period?

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Who came first humans or dinasaurs?

Dinosaurs evolved and then became extinct long before man walked the Earth.245 mya (million years ago) dinosaurs evolved.208 mya birds evolved.65 mya dinosaurs became extinct.80 thousand years ago humans evolved on the plains of Africa.


Why do scientists believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs?

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