The BIOGEOGRAPHY of the DINOSAURS
80 million years ago an entirely different class of animal ruled this Earth. The warmer temperatures allowed reptilians to grow bigger than any animal ever had before, bringing about the age of the Dinosaurs.
But with a natural history spanning more than 180 million years, there's a lot to know about these creatures.
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Sources / Extra Materials:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228492984_Early_ornithischian_dinosaurs_the_Triassic_record
https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2017/05/18053012/Dinosaur-biodiversity-reduc.pdf
https://www.deviantart.com/cisiopurple
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/44515466_The_Cretaceous_System_of_Southern_South_America
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/46/28867