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How do you use mass extinction in a sentence?

The mass extinction of dinosaurs were caused volcanoes that cause global warming with their toxic gases, therefore, killing the plants, starving the plant eating dinosaurs to death, and with no more plant eating dinosaurs, the meat eating dinosaurs died, too.


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.


When did a volcano erupt when dinosaurs live?

One significant volcanic eruption during the time of the dinosaurs was the eruption of the Deccan Traps in India around 66 million years ago. This eruption is thought to have contributed to the mass extinction event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.


What is the name for the modern era which began approximtely 65 million years ago with the mass extinction of the dinosaurs?

The modern era that began approximately 65 million years ago with the mass extinction of the dinosaurs is called the Cenozoic era. It is also known as the Age of Mammals, as mammals began to dominate the Earth during this time.


Did Yellowstone's caldera kill off the dinosaurs?

No, the Yellowstone supervolcano did not cause the extinction of the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs went extinct around 65 million years ago, while the most recent major eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurred around 640,000 years ago. The extinction of the dinosaurs is most commonly attributed to a combination of factors, including a meteor impact.

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What survived the extinction event of the dinosaurs-?

Avian dinosaurs survived the extinction event of the dinosaurs.


What rare element caused an ancient health crisis?

Iridium is the rare element that is said to have caused an ancient health crisis (extinction of the dinosaurs).


Did the cretaceous or permian extinction cause dinosaurs to become extinct?

No, as there was no Cretaceous-Permian extinction. There was the Permian-Triassic extinction, which ocurred before the dinosaurs appeared. Non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction.


The rare element iridium has been implicated in which ancient health crisis?

The rare element irdium has been implicated in the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period.


Is extinct a noun?

No it is an adjective, extinction is the noun. Dinosaurs are extinct. The extinction of dinosaurs happened a long time ago.


What a sentence for extinction?

It is believed that a meteor strike led to the extinction of dinosaurs


What is Extinction is all about?

Extinction is where something disappears completely, like dinosaurs


What produced the extinction of dinosaurs?

AIDS


Is the Jurassic period a geologic time that followed the mass extinction of dinosaurs?

No. The Jurassic was in the middle of the dinosaurs' reign on Earth. The time period after the extinction of the dinosaurs is referred to as the Paleogene or the Tertiary.


Can you use mass extinction in a sentence?

The dinosaurs fell victim to a mass extinction.


Need a sentence using 'extinction'?

A meteor impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.


What did the extinction of dinosaurs lead to?

The evolution of mammals