Extinction of Non-Avian Dinosaurs Led to Wide Scale Changes in Landscapes: Study

Dinosaurs were ecosystem engineers, preventing dense forests from growing; their sudden demise led to widescale ecological changes, as represented here in an artistic rendering. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

New research suggests dinosaurs were ecosystem engineers that promoted habitat openness in the Late Cretaceous epoch, and their extinction around 66 million years ago likely led to a dramatic reorganization of ecosystem structure.

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