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How do we know what the dinosaurs ate?
He explained how scientists figure out what dinosaurs ate by looking at their fossils. Barrett said that just like the animals around us today, dinosaurs had teeth adapted to what they ate. So carnivores, or meat-eaters, had sharp, serrated teeth, like the edge of a knife.
How many species of dinosaurs do we know existed?
At present over 700 different species of dinosaurs have been identified and named. However palaeontologists believe that there are many more new and different dinosaur species still to be discovered.
How do we know dinosaurs are 65 million years old?
There are two ways to determine the age of a dinosaur fossil. The sequences of rock layers containing dinosaur fossils often also contain layers of ancient volcanic ash, and the ash is composed of minerals crystals formed at the time of the eruption, which contain radioactive atoms.
Are there any dinosaurs that may never have existed?
Dinosaurs that may never have actually existed Dynamosaurus imperiosus was T. rex before T. rex was cool. There are some amazing dinos out there, but no dinosaur is… Archaeoraptor was more shoddily assembled than IKEA furniture. If millions of years of separation between us and… Amphicoelias
When did the dinosaurs live on the Earth?
As is the case with the dinosaurs. 1 When did the dinosaurs live? When did the dinosaurs live? The Mesozoic Era (from 251 to 65 million years ago) in the time scale of the Earth is divided in three periods of time: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During these periods, dinosaurs were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates in the world.
What did all the dinosaurs have in common?
Despite differences in size (from the 35 cm tall Anchiornis huxleyi to the 25 m long Amphicoelias fragillimus ), dinosaur species had a lot in common. For example, they all had horns or crests, four straight legs, and they laid eggs in nests.
How long did the reign of the dinosaurs last?
It is mind-boggling to think that while humans have existed on the Earth for about 66 million years, the reign of dinosaurs lasted for around 165 MILLION YEARS! These majestic beasts went extinct some 67 million years ago. The cause of their mass extinction is highly debated.