The process of world domination and the destruction of dinosaurs

Dinosaurs became princes that ruled the Earth in the Jurassic and Cretaceous period but were nearly destroyed in 66 million years ago.

Now, paleontologists discover a new dinosaur every week and that is not surprising.

Dinosaurs dominate the Earth for 135 million years, but they do not own the planet from the beginning.

The first dinosaurs appeared about 230 million years ago, during the Three Dynasties. At that time, the Earth was very different. Instead of 7 continents, Earth has only 1 continent, Pangea.

Eoraptor - the first really small dinosaur.

The first dinosaur is not the same as the giant monster in Hollywood movies. Eoraptor - the first true dinosaur was very small, especially when compared to the top predators at the time, such as Rauisuchian.

For the next 30 million years, new dinosaurs and amphibians developed with the first mammals. Life proliferates.

Then, 201 million years ago, everything changed. Pangea started to separate. Tectonic plates changed to volcanic eruptions, causing volcanic greenhouse gases to triple in the tens of thousands of years later and warming planets 3-4 degrees Celsius. That process wiped out at least 30 % life format. But for some reason, it may be lucky or beneficial adaptation, dinosaurs survived to Jurassic. And in the next 135 million years, they continue to expand, diversify and evolve into many familiar species.

The first Juratyrant appeared about 170 million years ago.

For example, the first Juratyrant dinosaur appeared about 170 million years ago. But don't be happy, this dinosaur is not T-Rex. The real dominant species in this period was the Allosaurus dinosaur. They eat lizard foot dinosaurs with sharp teeth. Pangea continued to separate.

145 million years ago, Earth began to look like today, forming different continents. That is the time when the diversity of dinosaurs peaked and opened a new era called the Cretaceous period.

In Argentina, giants like the Patagotian - the largest dinosaur in history, appeared about 100 million years ago. But the most terrifying species appeared in the western United States, 68 million years ago, T-Rex - the largest predator in history.

Although it is alone, it is still a terrifying predator. But it is likely that T-Rex hunts in groups and where T-Rex doesn't come, other predators follow the void.

In Asia, the small but wise species of Velociraptor wanders to search for prey. This is a bad time for mammals. 66 million years ago, the Chixulub meteorite wiped out dinosaurs, most of the dinosaurs perished. A group survived. Their descendants may be outside your home window at the moment: birds.

Yes, modern birds are dinosaurs. The legendary giants are now present in the tray.