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Dinosaurs, flying reptiles and sea monsters. Cute on top, real science underneath, and every fact with a source.

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544flying and sea cousins
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Tyrannosaurs41 animalsRaptors88 animalsLong-necks372 animalsHorned dinos87 animalsArmoured dinos77 animalsPlated dinos24 animalsDuck-bills62 animalsSpinosaurs14 animalsDome-heads17 animalsOther meat-eaters215 animalsOstrich dinos28 animalsOdd feathered dinos83 animalsBeaked plant-eaters175 animalsFirst dinosaurs14 animalsEarly birds174 animalsdino cousinFlying reptiles208 animalsdino cousinMosasaurs54 animalsdino cousinPlesiosaurs131 animalsdino cousinIchthyosaurs92 animalsdino cousinOther sea reptiles59 animals
time travel

Three chapters of dino time

The Mesozoic lasted about 186 million years. Humans have been around for about 0.3 million.

Triassic

252 to 201 million years ago

The first dinosaurs show up. Small, fast and still sharing the world with lots of other reptiles.

HerrerasaurusPlateosaurusShonisaurus

205 animals

Jurassic

201 to 145 million years ago

Giant long-necks, plated Stegosaurus and the very first birds.

StegosaurusBrachiosaurusArchaeopteryx

416 animals

Cretaceous

145 to 66 million years ago

T. rex, Triceratops, raptors and giant mosasaurs. It ends with the asteroid.

TyrannosaurusTriceratopsMosasaurus

1394 animals

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