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The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, [a] also known as the K–T extinction, [b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [2] [3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all known non-avian dinosaurs.
T. rex and the Crater of Doom is a nonfiction book by UC Berkeley professor Walter Alvarez that was published by Princeton University Press in 1997. The book discusses the research and evidence that led to the creation of the Alvarez hypothesis, which explains how an impact event was the main cause that resulted in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
The book chronicles the evolution of dinosaurs, their rise as the dominant clade, and ends with an account of their extinction from the Chicxulub asteroid. It also includes a discussion of the evolution of feathered dinosaurs and birds' descent from dinosaurs, and an epilogue of sorts discussing the post-dinosaur emergence of mammals.
Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject of active research.
Of Ants and Dinosaurs (simplified Chinese: 当恐龙遇上蚂蚁; traditional Chinese: 當恐龍遇見螞蟻; pinyin: dāng kǒnglóng yùjiàn mǎyǐ), also known as The Cretaceous Past (simplified Chinese: 白垩纪往事; traditional Chinese: 白堊紀往事; pinyin: báièjì wǎngshì), is a science-fiction novel by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, first published in 2004 (as a novella) and ...
Subsequent to its publication, All Yesterdays has proven influential on the modern culture of palaeoart. [1] The book and its associated concepts have sometimes appeared in publications covering the nature, history, and 'best practices' of palaeoart, particularly in the context of emphasizing the need for modern depictions of dinosaurs to be consistent with how living animals look and behave. [3]
Dinosaur Game; Dinosaur Hunter (video game) Dinosaur King (video game) Dinosaur Safari; Dinosaur'us; Dinosaurs for Hire (video game) Dinotopia (video game) Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey; Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates; Disney's Dinosaur (video game) Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp; Dynomite! (video game) Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus
Hollow Earth Expedition, inspired by the pulp fiction of Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Edgar Rice Burroughs [1] is a role-playing game set in 1936 in which everything on the surface of Earth appears normal, but an entirely different world replete with dinosaurs, Amazons, 18th-century pirates, [1] Atlantean artifacts, and deadly flora lies beneath the Earth's surface.