✗ The myth everyone repeats
Kids imagined dinosaurs all living together in prehistoric times, roaming the same landscapes simultaneously.
✓ What is actually true
Dinosaurs dominated Earth for approximately 165 million years, with vast evolutionary changes over that span. The time gap between Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex is greater than the gap between T. rex and modern humans. Different dinosaur species evolved, thrived, and went extinct at different periods. Believing all dinosaurs coexisted is like assuming all mammals from bats to whales lived at the same time.
Reception
The receipts 3 sources
- Wikipedia: DinosaurPRIMARY
- Smithsonian: Dinosaur TimelineREFERENCE
- United States Geological Survey: Dinosaur Time PeriodsREFERENCE