How long ago were dinosaurs alive?

Non-bird dinosaurs lived between about 245 and 66 million years ago, in a time known as the Mesozoic Era. This was many millions of years before the first modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared. Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. read more

How Long Ago Did Dinosaurs Live: The Triassic Period The Eoraptor, shown above, was one of the earliest dinosaurs. As we’ve seen, the earliest estimate as to when dinosaurs appeared was around 243 million (243,000,000) years ago. read more

The Bible states that God made the land animals, including dinosaurs, on Day Six (Genesis 1:24–25), so they date from around 6,000 years ago. Dinosaurs and Men Together According to the Bible, humans and dinosaurs originally lived at the same time; they were not separated by millions of years. read more