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Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are a prehistoric species that lived on Earth from 230 to 65 million years ago.

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What is the fastest predator during dinosaur time?

It really depends, but from scientific theory we guess the Velociraptor.

Why do boys love dinosaurs?

This isn't true. Not all boys love 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).

Where did the megaladon live?

Brackish they live in brackish

Brackish water is a mixture of salt a fresh water like for example the....... Chesapeake bay

Why are dinosaurs not in The Bible?

A:The Bible began to be written around two and a half thousand years ago, and reflects what people of that time knew and believed about the world. Since the last dinosaurs became extinct around 64 million years ago, the ancients had no way of knowing about dinosaurs. However, some modern writers improbably claim that references to mythical monsters such as leviathan could be references to dinosaurs.

Additionally:

Because extinct dinosaurs aren't pertinent to the Bible's message of the good news of the coming Kingdom of God and man's salvation.

Dinosaurs who live in priassic period?

theres nothing called priassic,its triassic

What was the earth like after the meteor hit and killed all dinosaurs?

Ferns quickly grew where all the other plants had died; this is called a fern spike. The climate was probably somewhat cooler for hundreds of years because of remnants of dust from the asteroid impact still floating in the atmosphere. Other than that, the climate was probably similar to before the impact. The surviving animals included most land invertebrates that existed before, as well as birds, mammals, lizards, snakes, amphibians, and crocodilians, and in the ocean, most fish, sharks, and invertebrates survived. It took millions of years for mammals to fill the niches left open by the dinosaurs and other reptiles.

Were people living when there were dinosaurs?

No, there were no people when dinosaurs were alive. The Flintstones was not a documentary.

What are some features of dinosaurs that have lead scientists to theorize that brids evolved from dinosaurs?

Theropod dinosaurs share many features with birds. Some include bones with honeycomb like air pockets that made them lighter, wishbones, and feathers. Further evidence comes from fossils like that of Archaeopteryx, which had features of dinosaurs and birds.

What type of fossil evidence may exist that would lead scientists to believe that dinosaurs were ancestors of birds why might large dinosaurs have died out at the end of the Mesozoic era while small.?

The bones articulate as do the bones of birds. The DNA resembles that of birds. Some impression fossils show feathers, a bird specialty.

Probably only one line of dinosaurs survived to evolve into modern birds; the dromaeosaurs being the most likely. The challenge of size is that the bigger you are, the fewer of you there are, so catastrophes tend to wipe out the giants first, then the mid-sized, and possibly some of the little ones survive.

Also, those huge and impressive creatures tend to be at the end of their specialization and can't easily adapt to new conditions, while there may have been small, generalized dinosaurs whose fossils we haven't even found which, after scrounging along the margins, suddenly found themselves ideally positioned to exploit the new environment.

Was the parasaurolophus a predator towards other dinosaurs?

No, the parasaurolophus was not a predator; it was an herbivorous dinosaur. This dinosaur primarily fed on vegetation, using its long crest for communication and possibly for display purposes. Its diet consisted of leaves, ferns, and other plant materials, distinguishing it from carnivorous dinosaurs that hunted for meat.

Why did the archaeopteryx die?

Archeopteryx lithographica was the earliest known bird that lived in what is now Germany nearly 160 million years ago. Since fossils of it have only been found in the Solnhofen limestones of Germany, dating from about the same age, it is hard to say exactly how long the species itself lasted: we cannot claim to know how long Archeopteryx existed before those fossils, likewise after; hence, the reasons for its extinction are unknown. However, it probably was the same reason that many other species go extinct: simple outcompetition over time.

Why can't the Stuck in the mud theory for Coelophysis Dinosaurs be true?

this theory couldn't be true because then the dinosaurs would have benn up-right, or standing up, not on their side.

What does the presence of dinosaur footprints in an area where no dinosaur bones were found suggest?

It suggests that a dinosaur simply walked by, and died anywhere, maybe hundreds of miles away.

How fast did the animal raptor run?

The average raptor's top speed was around 40 miles per hour.

Were dinosaurs mammals or amphibians?

Neither...They were reptiles.

dinosaurs were nether amphibians or mammals they were all reptiles, though they are more closely related to birds.

Are dinosaurs bones found in swamps or rivers?

yes they are often found in bolders at the bottom of the river

What age was before the dinosaurs?

The age before the dinosaurs, also known as the mesozoic era, was the paleozoic era, which started apprx. 570 million years ago and ended apprx. 245 million years ago

What dinosaurs lived in the sea?

Marine reptiles were not technically "dinosaurs" but some were exceptionally large, such as the pliosaurs, pleisosaurs, icthyosaurs, and mososaurs.

These included:

Archelon - giant turtles

Askeptosaurus - giant eels

Ichthyosaurus - giant fish-like creatures

Liopleuradon - one of the largest

Mosasaurus - one of the first identified from a fossil, a snakelike sea lizard

Stomatosuchus - 36-foot prehistoric crocodile remarkably similar to modern species

Tylosaurus - a sleek 50-ft swimming predator

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Is the crocodile the last surviving dinosaur?

Answer:

Thee crocodile is an example of a reptile. Reptiles are a more primitive class of animal than dinosaurs and existed long before the dinosaurs.

The only existing animals related to dinosaurs alive today are birds. The appearance of dinosaurs in scientific journals has altered significantly since the 1950's. At that time they were reptilian in appearance with scales etc. Now many are shown with feathers and hair to suggest their closer relation to birds.

EDIT: Birds are dinosaurs that have survived the mass extinction 65 million years ago.

Crocodiles are related to dinosaurs. They are both considered types of 'Archosaur'.