When Did Dinos Go Extinct?

When Did Dinos Go Extinct?

Dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period), after living on Earth for about 165 million years.

How did Dinos go extinct?

Geological evidence indicates that dinosaurs became extinct at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene eras, about 66 million years ago, at a time when there was worldwide environmental change resulting from the impact of a large celestial object with the Earth and/or from vast volcanic eruptions.

Which dinosaurs went extinct last?

For now, however, the 65-million-year-old Triceratops is the world's last known surviving dinosaur.

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