Eli5: If the rainforest of Borneo is 130 million years old, why aren’t any surviving dinosaur species found there?

Question

If old rainforest ecosystems like these could withstand extinction events (ie. Asteroid impact), wouldnt the fauna living there survive too?

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Answer 1

Imagine an apartment complex over many decades. Sure, the site itself stays but the tenants comes and goes throughout the years.
That’s basically how it works, the place itself stays but the flora and fauna that lives there swaps out.