Describe dinosaurs and explain why they couldn’t survive

Around 230 million years ago, Earth was a very different place than it is now. At that time the
continents were still separated and the atmosphere was much warmer. However, there wasn’t just
one dinosaur species on earth—there were many. The problem is that these dino species lived at a
time when the climate was heating up quickly and they wouldn’t have been able to survive 10 million
years before modern-day humans evolved (and 37 million years after their disappearance). So even if
you do believe in dinosaurs, it wouldn’t be too wise to try building them a home in Florida or
Argentina.

So... Where did the dinosaurs live?

One of the biggest clues to where dinosaurs lived is their fossils. Fossils of prehistoric animals can only
be formed in certain environments. For example, sharks and rays (both cartilaginous fish) have
spiracle bones, which are bony rings on the head that look like gills. But these types of animals would
not have been able to survive in fresh water because they can’t breathe through their skin. So when
you find fossils of these types of fish, you know that this was once a sea area. When scientists find
fossils of certain dinosaur species, they can see that their stomachs were very weak. This means that
the dinosaurs were not built to chew a lot, but rather eat very small amounts of food throughout the
day. This diet is more fitting for an animal living in a hot environment where food would spoil quickly,
something that happened when the Earth’s temperature started to rise 10 - 20 million years before
the extinction of the dinosaurs and continued until it reached its peak at 65 million years ago. The
different types of dinosaurs also lived in different places. For example, sauropods lived in swampy
environments with lots of plants and insects while ceratopsids lived on grassy plains and conifers.