Back in the day I’d started with SMT3 and somehow never felt like going back further (1st person dungeon crawler never sounded appealing - so I’ve only ever made an exception for Strange Journey Redux).
But I feel like I’ve experienced it all first hand including the more niche entries + history thanks to Marsh. So just in case you feel curious:
I don’t want to nitpick, because everyone gets what you’re trying to say.
But dinosaurs still exist today: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_birds