The reason why is Because it closes to the sun
Idk the timeline but from largest to smallest, this hierarchy includes eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages.
Dinosaur fossils had been known for centuries as "dragon bones" or the remains of giants, but it wasn't until Dean William Buckland of Oxford, England described the carnivorous "lizard" Megalosaurus<span> (in 1824) that they were formally studied as an extinct group of giant reptiles</span>
I wpupd say D but im not sure