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As far as we can tell, Stegosaurus died out about 145 million years ago, while Tyrannosaurus showed up about 72 million years ago. There's more time between th
by Tao3300 2y ago
As far as we can tell, Stegosaurus died out about 145 million years ago, while Tyrannosaurus showed up about 72 million years ago.
There's more time between the last Stegosaurus and the first T-Rex then there is between the last T-Rex and us right now. A little off topic, but it's kind of mind-blowing to think of just how long the dinosaurs were around.
- gweinberg 2y agoIt looks to me like it is exactly the same amount of time. 72 + 72 = 145, within scientific error.
- avz 2y agoThe OP said "There's more time between the last Stegosaurus and the first T-Rex" which computes to 145-72 = 73 and "then (sic) there is between the last T-Rex and us right now." which computes to 66-0=66. Note that 7 million years is about 10% of the timescales involved, so perhaps not something to be dismissed as "scientific error".