Dinosaurs ruled the Earth from between 243 and 233 to 66 million years ago where most of them, in most parts of the world, disappeared due to a mass extinction event.
History
Some non-avian dinosaurs survived at places like Dinosaur Island, Skartaris, Maple White Land, Atlantis and Monster Valley, and appeared time and time again to fight hero and villain alike, as real wild life, clones, robots resembling dinosaurs, or even space dinosaurs.
Other prehistoric animals, including other reptiles (pterosaurs, mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs) and stem mammals (dimetrodons), while often popularly conceived of as dinosaurs, are not taxonomically classified as such (but for cataloging purposes, they may be so called wherever they appear).
Most paleontologists regard modern birds as the only surviving dinosaurs, calling them avian dinosaurs or feathered theropod dinosaurs and constitute the only known living dinosaurs, included in the group Dinosauria.
In Earth-One timeline, Saturn's moon Titan is inhabited by dinosaurs identical to those that lived on Earth, and because they had not become extinct they prevented the cave people of Titan to evolve.[2]
On Earth 27, dinosaurs evolved to possess human-like intelligence and even superpowers, living alongside primitive humans.
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
The abilities depend on the species.
Miscellaneous
Type of Government:
Animal
Level of Technology:
None; Advanced (space dinosaurs)
Cultural Traits:
None
Representatives:
- Birds, the only known living dinosaurs
- Earth 27 characters
- Galactic Auditors (space dinosaurs)[3]
- Mr. Dinosaur
- Swoosh
- Titanian dinosaurs[2]
Notes
- This article is about dinosaurs in the DC Universe alone.
See Also
Links and References
  This character is or was from the Prehistoric Era, thousands of years in the past, including but not limited to the time of Dinosaurs and the dawning of the species of man. These stories occur traditionally before history was formally recorded, and civilization developed completely. |