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[โ€“] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 30 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 26 points 17 hours 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 5 points 10 hours 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 4 points 2 hours ago

TY. I was going from memory.

[โ€“] cattywampas@lemmy.world 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] morto@piefed.social 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Ever seen a chicken?

Yep, that's them.

[โ€“] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

From the pathetic t-rex to the mighty chicken.

[โ€“] Osprey@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Their arms improved at least.

[โ€“] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 22 points 18 hours 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