How did dinosaurs die out if death entered the world only at the Fall?
The short answer
Scripture is speaking of human death. It nowhere suggests animals were created immortal; only humans have immortal souls. So animals dying before the Fall doesn't conflict with Scripture.
Human death
When death entered creation through the Fall, it was human death that Scripture means.
Animals
Nothing in Scripture suggests animals were created immortal; only humans were given immortal souls. Animals dying before the Fall does not conflict with Scripture.
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