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Avian dinosaurs survived the extinction event of the dinosaurs.

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What dinosaurs survived?

The only dinosaurs to have survived the K-T extinction event are birds.


Names of dinosaurs that survived extinction?

No dinosaur species survived the mass extinction event that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period about 66 million years ago. However, birds are considered descendants of theropod dinosaurs and are the only living group of dinosaurs today.


What dinosaur turn into?

One group of dinosaurs evolved into birds. Those were the only ones to have survived the K-T extinction event.


What living things happen in the Cretaceous period Did turtles and crocodiles become extinct .?

No, turtles,crocodiles, snakes and some plants survived the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.


What did they called that wipe out the dinosaurs?

The extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs is called the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Event (K-T Extinction, for short... Yes, that is supposed to be a K). The crater left by the asteroid impact is called the Chixculub crater.


What event describes the extinction of all the dinosaurs and about half of the animals and plant species?

crustacious teriary extinction


What event describes the extinction of all the dinosaurs and about half of animal and plant species?

crustacious teriary extinction


What type of reptile did not survive the mass extinction event at the end of the mesozoic era?

The non-avian dinosaurs did not survive the mass extinction event at the end of the Mesozoic era, known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. These reptiles went extinct, paving the way for the rise of mammals and birds.


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 is a sentence using the word extinction?

The moon crashing into the planet would be an extinction level event. The extinction of the dinosaurs occurred long before we were born.


Is there a chance that the dinosaurs are alive still?

The dinosaurs are technically alive anyway since birds are dinosaurs. There is currently no evidence that any non-avian dinosaurs have survived past the mass extinction around 65million years ago.


What kinds of organisms survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaursWhat kinds of organisms survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaursWhat kinds of organisms survived the mass ex?

Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event was one of the most important events in Earth history. When a massive asteroid fell on the coast of Yucatan in modern Mexico it eradicated about half of all animal species, including the dinosaurs. But many of other organisms, such birds, survived. Also survived many organisms with light mass: early mammals, insects, some reptiles, etc.