Climate Change May Have Helped Dinosaurs Dominate
The sauropod-like dinosaurs that would become the giant herbivore species seen during the Jurassic (such as Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus) thrived and expanded to new territories as the Earth warmed. These dinosaurs are known for their massive bodies with long tails and giraffe-like necks paired with and a small head. An team of paleontologists from the United Kingdom, Germany, and Brazil compared computer models of global climate conditions, such as rainfall and temperature, with data on the different locations of dinosaurs during this time period....