If the Cretaceous mass extinction had not occurred, reptiles would today be the largest land animal in the world. At the time, reptiles were the largest animal group on Earth.
A mass extinction or extinction event. For instance the death of the dinosaurs is the Cretaceous-Tertiary event (or K-T event for short).
There were five major extinction events in the past. They are called the Cretaceous-Tertiary (or K-T) extinction event, the late Devonian mass extinction, the Permian mass extinction, the Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction and the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction event.
About 65 million years ago was the Cretaceous-Paleongene excintion event, likely caused by a combination of an asteroid impact and a surge in volcanic activity. A number of groups of animals went extinct including ammonites, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, and dinosaurs.
Around the end of the Cretaceous Period.Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Mesozoic Era 65 million years ago. Their extinction also marked the beginning of the Cenozoic Era.Dinosaurs disappeared near the end of the cretaceous period.Most people believe it was at the end of the Cretaceous however the truth is that it ended in the Tertiary PERIOD not era so be careful that was why the event was called the K-T event because c had been taken in a mass extinction in the oceans.All non avian dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era (251 - 65Ma). The mass extinction 65 million years ago of all non avian dinosaurs along with many other types of animals and plants marks the boundary between the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic Eras.
That is usually referred to as a Mass Extinction, and what has happened is some very major event has occurred that cuts off the animals' ability to either eat, produce offspring, or otherwise survive, without a chance of migration to better locations.
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Non-Bird Dinosaurs, Flying Non-Bird Dinosaurs lke ptheridactlye, Sea-Reptiles like Mosasaur and Aminotes those are the Animals who went Extinct in the K/T Mass Extiction
No, many types of animals are facing extinction.
Some animals during the cretaceous period were tapejara, microraptor, and velociraptor. There was also triceratops, styracosaurus, and the tyrannosaurus rex.
The extinction of animals is caused by humans killing animals. Extinction of animals may also be caused by pollution or forest fires that are killing off the plants and trees.
Animals that are facing extinction are cheeters and whale
The Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) Extinction Event is widely recognised as the greatest extinction event on Earth. It is also known as the "Great Dieing".It occurred 251 million years ago marking the end of the Permian Period and the start of the Triassic Period.It also marks the end of the Paleozoic Era and the start of the Mesozoic Era. Estimates have suggested that 96% of marine species and 70% percent of land vertebrate species became extinct. It is also the only known mass extinction of insect with 56% of insect families and 83% of insect genera becoming extinct.Little is known of the cause of the mass extinction but theories range from meteorite impacts, to volcanism, to sea level fluctuations.