Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Dinosaur Times

Do you want to know what is dinosaur,

The age of the dinosaurs is known as the Mesozoic era. This stretched from 248 to 65 million years ago. It divides into three separate time spans: the triassic, the jurassic, and the cretaceous.

Triassic World
At the start of the Mesozoic era, the continents were joined together into one supercontinent Pangaea. This was surrounded by a massive ocean called Panthalassa.
 Small beginnings- The Triassic world saw the first small dinosaurs, meat eating Herreasaurus walked on its hind legs.

Jurassic World
Over millions of years Pangaea split into two continents, Gondwana and Laurasia. As these drifted apart different groups of dinosaurs evolved on each continent.
 Land of the giants-Late in the Jurassic period giant sauropods roamed in huge conifer forests while Stegosaurus ate low growing plants. Ichythyosaurs and other reptiles swam in the seas.

Cretaceous World
The continents continued to drift apart and Earth began to look like it does today. The vast mountain ranges of the andes and the Rockies were formed.
 Dinosaur heyday-The great variety of Cretaceous dinosaurs included horned plant eaters like Pentacerarops and huge meat eaters such as Tyrannosaurus rex.

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