Other Life in the
Time of the Dinosaurs...
Dinosaurs were not the only animals to live on Earth in the
Mesozoic Era. No dinosaur swam or flew, these were actually
different types of animals to dinosaurs.
es
s, dominated the ski
ptile
Pterosaurs, flying re
m smal
s. These ranged fro
in prehistoric time
huge
Dimorphodon to the
reptiles such as the
an
could have a wingsp
h
Quetzalcoatlus, whic
of up to 14 metres!
,
Elasmosaurus
r and
he Ichthyosau land. Some of
h as t
nt reptiles, suc dinosaurs ruled the
Gia
the
sea when
other. In fact,
each
ruled the
teeth and ate wice as long as the
t big
hese had grea dagger like teeth t
t
nd
n had
als, sea snails a
h, cor
Liopleurodo
ere also jel yfis rk!
ere w
Rex’s teeth! Th he Great White Sha
Tft
n ancestors o
eve
There were also sm
al m
on Earth, mainly in ammals living
the
period, however the Cretaceous
y were dominated
by the dinosaurs, a
nd it wasn’t until th
e
extinction of dinosa
urs that mammals
truly became succ
essful.
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