Where did dinosaurs live?

Want to know which dinosaurs lived in Salt Lake City 65 million years ago? Now, you can see, thanks to an interactive map. For example, enter “Salt Lake City.” The map lists “ Grallator Centrosaurus” as nearby fossils.

California paleontologist Ian Webster has created a new interactive map that lets you see which dinosaurs lived in your hometown millions of years ago.

The map — available here — lets you input your hometown (or any city you want) to see where it was in the world millions of years ago. Moreover, the map details which dinosaurs and species lived in that area at that time.

• For example, enter “Salt Lake City.” Its location is mostly the same. But the map lists “Grallator, Triceratops, Centrosaurus” as nearby fossils.
• It also reads: “Early Cretaceous. The world is warm and has no polar ice caps. Large reptiles dominate and mammals remained small. Flowering plants evolve and spread throughout the world.”

These results change as you switch the time. For example, take Salt Lake City and go back to 260 million years ago. The fossils changed to “Grallator, Triceratops, Centrosaurus.”

• The description reads: “Late Permian. The greatest mass extinction in history is about to take place, driving 90% of species extinct. The extinction of plants reduced food supply for large herbivorous reptiles, and removed habitat for insects.”

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Why it matters:

Webster told CNN that the map has an important meaning about our planet.

• “It shows that our environment is dynamic and can change. The history of Earth is longer than we can conceive, and the current arrangement of plate tectonics and continents is an accident of time. It will be very different in the future, and Earth may outlast us all.”

It’s been over 65 million years now that dinosaurs last walked the earth, but we are still busy trying to know more about them. These creatures have many unique features that make them the subjects of many discussions. One of the critical questions both kids and adults ask about dinosaurs is “where did the dinosaurs live?”

In this article, we will discuss the habitat of dinosaurs and how dinosaurs were able to spread across the globe. You will learn the following:

• Where the dinosaurs originated from?
• How dinosaurs were able to live successfully in every part of the earth.
• The distribution of dinosaurs on earth.

Let’s start exploring!