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[โ€“] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So we lived closer to a triceratops than it did to a stegosaurus? My brain hurts.

[โ€“] cattywampas@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is more time between Stegosaurus and T. Rex than there is between T. Rex and humans!

[โ€“] morto@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To imagine T. Rexes roaming around... feels like yesterday!

[โ€“] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ever seen a chicken?

Yep, that's them.

[โ€“] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From the pathetic t-rex to the mighty chicken.

[โ€“] Osprey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Their arms improved at least.

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yep. Stegosaurus about 250myo, T.Rex 65myo.

So it's less anachronistic to have a T.Rex playing an electric guitar than it is to have a Stegosaurus and T.Rex together.

[โ€“] GandalftheBlack@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure 250mya is before dinosaurs. According to the dates given by Wikipedia, Stegosaurus is 145-155 myo

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 day ago

TY. I was going from memory.

[โ€“] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago

There is more time between the building of the last pyramids and cleopatras rule than there is between her and us.

Also Mammoths were alive when they were built