Swimming

Suchomimus

Croc-snouted hunter of Cretaceous Niger

Cave Bear

The Pleistocene cave hibernator

Cave Lion

Ice Age king of the open steppe

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Gomphotherium

Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage

Platybelodon

The Miocene Shovel-Tusker

Daeodon

Not a pig-just terrifying teeth.

Elasmotherium

The steppe rhino behind unicorn lore

Pelagornis

Giants of the wind-swept seas

Mosasaurus

Apex lizard of the Cretaceous seas

Brontosaurus

Thunder lizard, science icon

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Late Cretaceous king of crushing bites

Brachiosaurus

The high-shouldered sky-browsing sauropod

Pteranodon

Crested ruler of the Cretaceous skies

Short-Faced Bear

Big legs. Short face. Ice Age titan.

Ichthyosaurus

Fish-lizard, built for speed

Megalania

Pleistocene Australia's giant goanna

Livyatan

Big-toothed terror of the Miocene seas

Python

Big squeeze, bigger diversity.

Red-Footed Tortoise

Red feet, rainforest traveler.

Labout's Fairy Wrasse

Small fish, big reef fireworks

Anomalocaris

Cambrian seas' original superpredator

Pterodactyl

Not dinosaurs-masters of Mesozoic skies

Dreadnoughtus

Patagonia's titan that feared nothing