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the ultimate eviction notice for anyone who thought they ran this planet for 165 million years
means A vast group of reptiles that dominated Earth's land for roughly 165 million years before most went extinct, surviving today only as birds.
from Coined in 1842 by the British anatomist Richard Owen from the Greek 'deinos' (terrible, fearfully great) and 'sauros' (lizard) — literally 'terrible lizard.' Owen meant the 'terrible' to convey awe at their size, not horror, though the name has terrified schoolchildren ever since.
- still here
- Birds are living dinosaurs you eat at lunch
- longer reign
- Ruled 165 million years; humans barely 300,000
- feathered
- Many sported feathers, not just scaly skin
- T. rex timing
- Closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus
- big breath
- Some had air sacs like modern birds
tyrannosaurus rex — largest carnivorous dinosaur, 68-66 million years ago, hell creek formation montana
triceratops — three-horned herbivore with 8-foot skull, 68-66 million years ago, western north america
argentinosaurus — largest land animal ever, 100 feet long, 95-100 million years ago, argentina
archaeopteryx — feathered dinosaur linking to birds, 150 million years ago, solnhofen germany