The dimensions of dinosaurs we know lived in ancient times, why they disappeared, how long do they live These kinds of questions have always aroused curiosity.

In this article we have another question mark We will erase it from our memory. Did dinosaurs, which we learn more and more every day, ever live in our country? Here, let’s investigate.

Let’s take a look at the Palinspastic map, which is based on geology or earth science.

Palinspastic card actually paleogeography It is a map of the earth before tectonism occurred in ancient times. We know that the continents we see on the world map did not exist in this state, in the period when dinosaurs began to exist, that is, about 245 million years ago, in the period called the Triassic.

such as Asia, Europe, Africa; continents united is And we remember from geography classes that it was called “Pangea” and that around Pangea there was only one ocean called “Panthalassa”, which was not divided into parts like the Indian, Pacific and Pacific oceans.

What did the earth look like when the dinosaurs died out?

Dinosaurs, which arose on average 245 million years ago, started disappearing 66 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous. about 179 million years old Those epochs when the dinosaurs, having had an adventure, began to die out, are considered to be the time when the world map began to take its present form.

In the Late Cretaceous, which we are talking about, most of Anatolia, which consisted of a series of islands, was under water. Yes, dinosaurs already starts extinction Recently, terrestrial areas have emerged in our country, but there were some reasons why dinosaurs could not live in these lands.

Why couldn’t dinosaurs continue their lives in our country?

Although the Anatolian geography has terrestrial regions in the last period where dinosaurs lived, in the Late Cretaceous feed the dinosaurs Anatolia had no fertile conditions before

Not only was it difficult to find food, but land transportation was also very difficult. Due to, among other things, food shortages and unsuitable living conditions, it is not possible to find dinosaur tracks in Anatolian geography. almost impossible We can say yes.

Did the fossil found 23 years ago in Kastamonu belong to a dinosaur?

In 1999, Hacettepe University Faculty of Engineering Department of Geology Lecturer Assoc. dr. By Cemal Tunoglu 70 million years A big question mark arose when he found a fossil. Did this fossil belong to a dinosaur that lived in Anatolian lands?

This dinosaur-like fossil, discovered around the Beyler Dam in Kastamonu, which surprises and excites everyone by its size, is a fossil that lives not on land but in water. sea ​​reptile it turned out to be.

As result; Considering that our country was made up of huge tracts of water during the time when the dinosaurs lived and it took a long time to become what it is today, we can see the dinosaurs in the countries we live in. no remains It’s extremely natural.

Sources: TUBITAK, INDEPENDENT