"Volcanic Winters" May Have Allowed Big Dinosaurs to Emerge, Study Finds
In popular media , dinosaur are often shownskulking through steamy rainforests or swelter swamps . Depictions of the creatures in chillier preferences are much rarefied , but research indicates they do have some basis in history . A new survey shows grounds of freeze temperature at higher latitude roughly 201 million years ago , countering the long - view as August 15 that all Late Triassic dinosaurs live in strong environment ....