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Most of the facts about the Velociraptor are now well known. This is due to the discovery of several fossils. It lived during the Cretaceous period and became extinct 70 to 80 million years ago. Like the other dinosaurs it likely perished when a comet / asteroid struck the Earth at the time.
Dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period about 230 million  years ago. Non-avian dinosaurs roamed the earth until about 65  million years ago and then were wiped out,â¦ most like by the impact  of an asteroid or comet. Birds, which are now classified with the  dinosaurs, continue to live to this day. Dinosaurs lived on earth for over 160 million years. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the late Triassic period (around 230 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous period (around 65 million years ago).