Dinosaur time gap

Did Triceratops and Smilodon live at the same time?

No. Triceratops (Late Cretaceous) and Smilodon (Pleistocene) are separated by 66 million years.

Smilodon to you: 0.0117 million years.

More time separated them than separates Smilodon from you.

Late Cretaceous · 72–66 million years ago

Named by Marsh, 1889

Fossils from United States, Canada

Pleistocene · 0.129 million years ago until about 11,700 years ago

Named by Lund, 1841

Fossils from United States, Argentina, Brazil, 11 more

Smilodon is not a dinosaur.

Silhouette by Ivan Iofrida

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Between Triceratops and Smilodon

Fun Facts

  • Smilodon spans 0.1 million years of rock.
  • Smilodon is known from 130 fossil sites.
  • Smilodon is not a dinosaur.
  • Pectinodon and Triceratops could have met.
  • Triceratops is known from 166 fossil sites.

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