An Asteroid Ended the Age of the Dinosaurs. But How Did Their Reign Begin? Mysterious Early Reptiles May Hold the Answer
New fossil discoveries reveal that crocodile-like predators ruled the Earth before dinosaurs took over—and their downfall paved the way for the “Age of Dinosaurs” While everyone knows that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, far fewer people understand how dinosaurs came to rule the planet in the first place. The answer …