KennyR wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Weren't the dinosaurs extinct about 65 million years ago (as being the largest extinction event)?
No, far from it. The Jurassic extinction event that killed the dinosaurs killed 35% of species on earth. The Permian one killed 90%.
The Jurassic extinction event (or Triassic-Jurassic extinction event as its more correctly called) did not kill off the dinosaurs or occur 65 million years ago, you have been watching too much Speilberg. The C-T event which did kill off the dinosaurs wiped about 50% of the species from the planet, including wiping out the dominant dinosaur species.
-Tig
