Dinosaur Overview
00:00 - 03:25
3m 25s
This clip provides an overview of dinosaurs, including when they were roaming the Earth and the two main groups that descended from the Archosaurs. It also describes what they ate and how they behaved. This clip then offers some surprising facts about their extinction.

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