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Article: The age of dinosaurs.(READ A TIME LINE)
- Article from:
- WR News, Edition 3 (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2008
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Dinos ruled during the Mesozoic Era. This time line shows the three periods of the Mesozoic Era. Study the time line, and then answer the questions.
Millions of years ago
Triassic The first dinosaurs roamed
Earth 228 million years ago
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Jurassic The largest dinosaurs lived
during this time. Many new
types of dinosaurs appeared
during these years.
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CretaceousDinosaurs died
off at the end of
this period. That
could have been
because of a
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