How long did dinosaurs live for?
Dinosaurs lived throughout the Mesozoic Era, which began 245 million years ago and lasted for 180 million years. It is sometimes called the Age of the Reptiles. The era is divided into three periods. TRIASSIC 245 to 208 million years ago During the Triassic period, all land on Earth existed as one enormous mass. It was called Pangaea. The supercontinent slowly began to break up during the Triassic Period. Some reptiles, frogs, turtles and crocodiles existed earlier, but dinosaurs didn’t appear until late in the Triassic period. The period marked the rise of small, lightly built dinosaurs. The first mammals evolved during the Triassic period. Most of the plants that existed were evergreens. The period ended with a mass extinction that wiped out most animals and reptiles. An entire order of plants or animals dies out in a mass extinction. The dinosaurs that survived flourished in the next period, the Jurassic. Dinosaurs that lived during the Triassic period include: Coelophysis (“hollow
