: The era of famous apex predators like T. rex and the diversification of thousands of species across the splitting supercontinent, Pangea.
: Major mass extinctions of competitors at the start of the Jurassic allowed dinosaurs to take over. This era saw the rise of giants like sauropods. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New Histo...
: Brusatte emphasizes that we are currently in a "new golden age" of paleontology, with new species being named roughly once a week. : The era of famous apex predators like T
: Dinosaurs emerged 250 million years ago as small, insignificant animals following the Permian mass extinction. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New Histo...