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

We do find them. Birds… and being 130 million years old doesn’t mean that you can have a cosy spot where you could live for 130 million years… that is awful lot of time, enough to make mountains

The dinosaurs of old could not possibly live today… not warm enough and not enough oxygen for them

Watch this if you are interested

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROzjE8iDPU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROzjE8iDPU)