When scientist study prehistoric life, like dinosaurs, do they take into account how close the moon was then?

Answer 1

Believe me, they take into account EVERYTHING they possibly can know and find out about.

Answer 2

The moon wasn't that much closer during the Mesozoic -ides may have been a bit more pronounced etc. A closer moon probably did not affect life forms as large as dinosaurs.

Answer 3

I doubt it. In fact, you can check some research on it and hardly ever is the moon taken as a variable. The variables usually presented are the comets or meteors, the existing flora, etc.
Research is not an all-encompassing work. Research usually address issues with respect to a chosen variable, yes usually just ONE to make sense of the effect of one over another. you don't do research to account for everything in just one study.

However, based on the recent calculations, our moon is moving away from us in an infinitesimal distance.

Answer 4

Not unless there is some reason to do so. I never saw the moon mentioned when I learned about it.