What was the last dinosaur to go extinct?

Answer 1

It is not known what the last non-avian dinosaur to die was as these creatures were wiped out in a cataclysmic event in a time period too short for scientists to tell which species died last. Among the last and best known were Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.

It should also be noted that many paleontologists classify birds as the only surviving dinosaurs, so in that sense many extinctions of recent years would count.

Answer 2

The dinosaurs all died out so suddenly (geologically speaking) that it's not possible to tell which was the last one. However, if one accepts the theory that the birds are the descendents of the the dinosaurs, then the last creature that could have been called a dinosaur would have been one very like a primitive bird. There is a way a species can go extinct without dying, and that is to change into another species. For example, there used to be a big animal called an aurochs. All the aurochs are dead now, but their grandchildren are modern cattle.

Answer 3

In recent years birds have been reclassified as a subset of dinosaurs, so technically they are still around. Apart from birds, dinosaurs died out in a sudden cataclysm, with many species going extinct all at once, so there is no single last dinosaur that can be defined. Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops were among the last.

Answer 4

The crocodile
Alligators and crocodiles, and they still live.

Answer 5

Dinosaurs are still alive. They're called birds. Birds are a part of the same family tree as the dinosaurs we know and love.

Answer 6

Sparrows and pigeons: still going strong.

Answer 7

No one knows! ,`=(

Answer 8

Crocodile

Answer 9

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