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OCR: DINOSAUR DATABASE Extinction of the Dinosaurs This is perhaps the greatest controversy surrounding the dinosaurs. The various theories of the extinction of dinosaurs have only one thing in common: the fact that, ? except for birds, dinosaurs died out completely and suddenly 66 million years ago, after having been very #71% Theories and Controversies Flying Dinosaurs pars. (In r million Extinction of the Dinosaur; People familiar with Pterodactylus (tehr-o-DAK-til-us) and Pteranodon (teh-RAN-o-dahn) may wonder why mmend it; Flying Dinosaurs they cannot be found in the Dinosaur Bios. The reason is that pterosaurs (to give them their group name) were out is known Intelligence not dinosaurs, altho Intelligence Life Spans were flying reptiles Archaeopteryx (ar- Traditionally, dinosaurs have been considered Stegosaurus' Second Brai considered by mos dim-witted creatures, but recent thought is more The Color of Dinosaur Ski feathers, and only generous. Evidence suggests that sauropods, whi Archaeopteryx is u have rather small brains compared to their bulk, liv The Texture of Dinosaur S argues for the ewoln herds and cared for their young. This implies a lev specimen Life Spans Tyrannosaurus Rex as Sca have been How old did individual dinosaurs live to be? Like so much Warm-blooded vs. Cold-ble fossil was corrected else about dinosaurs, no one knows for sure. We can only The Color of Dinosaur Skin hole at related modern animals and make educated guess S. The exact coloration of dinosaurs is impossible to ger modern reptiles, which are more or less know, but we can make educated guesses by looking y related to dinosaurs, can live to be very old. Large at animal species of today. les can reach ages of 100 or more; turtles can Since dinosaurs are related to modern reptiles, it may ges of 200 years or more. For these reasons, it is