Dinosaurs are reptiles, how do they live during Ice Age?

Question

Okay there are Stone Age and Ice Age....
Was there really an Ice Age?
How can Dinosaur lived in Ice Age?
I thought Dinosaurs are cold blooded reptitles, how can
they live during the Ice Age, they gotta live in tropical weather
or somewhere warm.
I don't understand.

Answer 1

They didn't. Thats the point. Not much did survive the ice age(s). Dinos were most likely not cold blooded either. The current theory is that modern avian species are close evolutionary relatives with ancient dinosaurs.

Answer 2

Stone age and ice age both post date the era of dinosaurs. The dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago, but they ruled for over 250 million years. During that time, they evolved and branched out into the many well known species that were depicted in the Jurassic Park movies.

The first dinosaurs were reptile-like. Later, some of them evolved to have bird-like features, such as having feathers and warm blood. Feathers first evolved as insulation against the cold. The first feathers weren't like you would find on a modern bird, but were more like the soft, fluffy, down-like feathers you would find on a newly hatched chick.

There is some evidence of ice age cycles during the dinosaur age, but even during these ice ages, there were still some areas that weren't frozen, and would have been warm and tropical. Also, the configuration of the continents would have put all of the land masses closer together. For an illustration of how close the continents were to each other, visit http://geology.com/pangea.htm.

Anyway, knowing that many species of fish, birds, and mammals migrate to escape colder seasons, it isn't unreasonable to assume that many dinosaurs would do the same, and the continents being closer together would facitlitate their survival in the event of extended periods of cold climate. Those particular dinosaurs that had the benefit of being warm blooded would have had an advantage. Some dinsaurs may not have had to go anywhere, and had adaptations to survive cold weather already in place.

El Chistoso

Answer 3

There were literally hundreds if not thousands of Ice Ages throughout the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs lived for millions of years. They most certainly experienced an Ice Age. Some dinosaurs adapted, others did not and died. That's how evolution works. Also, the climate back then was much different than it is now.

Answer 4

1. Dinosaurs weren't really reptiles.
2. There have been lots of ice ages.
3. Maybe there wasn't an ice age while the dinosaurs were around. I don't know. It looks as if most of the dinosaurs lived in nice warm areas of the world.

Answer 5

Yes there was an Ice Age. In fact, there were many Ice Ages.

Dinosaurs lived through some, but not all. They survived by moving to warmer areas that the glaciers wouldn't pass through.

Dinosaurs aren't cool blooded. They're actually more like birds.

Let me explain:
reptiles are slow moving animals that lay eggs and stay low to the ground to gain as much heat as possible. They survive by living in warm areas to keep their blood at safe levels. Because of this danger of dying from cold, reptile blood is usually a slow-moving coagulant (blood that clots easily). Now how does this prove dinosaurs aren't reptiles? Well, for example, let's take a brontasaurus. This dinosaur was huge, a long-necked herbavore. BUT- the amount of blood and the speed of blood flow needed for a brontasaurus to lift its neck fully using a natural hydralics system is far surpassed that for cool-blooded animals.
So what's a warm-blooded animal that lays eggs? Birds.

Answer 6

There have been many ice ages (extended periods in which the average temperature on earth fell and large areas of earth were covered with ice and snow).

That has nothing to do with the stone age (a period in which the most advanced human tools were made of stone).

The dinosaurs were extoinct long before the ice ages.

Answer 7

Dinosaurs died out before the last Ice Age. There are still arguments about whether they were warm or cold-blooded, but they did die out as the Earth cooled and the vegetation changed.

Answer 8

An Ice Age occurs about every 40,000 years. Usually, some parts of Earth stay warm. Dinosaurs survived by migrating to warmer climate. They only became extinct when the meteor hit.

Answer 9

Yes there was an ice age. Go to Minnesota some time and see the 10,000 lakes that were created by the Ice Age.

Dinosaurs didn't live through the Ice Age. That is why they are extinct.

Answer 10

There is some debate that dinosaurs were warm blooded as they were so large, if they were cold blooded, there is no way that their hearts cold pump blood from the tip of their tails to their heads. All these "theories" and hypoteses are just educated guesses. We can never know for sure.