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Meet the Lemur That Once Stood as Tall as a Silverback
Lemurs are one of the smallest primates. According to reports, they are possibly the oldest recorded primates worldwide, even before…
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Otter
The Largest Otter That Ever Lived Was a Giant the Size of a Lion
Otters are semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals that belong to the Mustelidae family, which includes wolverines, weasels, and ferrets, among others. They…
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This Sharp-Toothed Predator Fish Was Bigger Than a Great White
Long ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period, much of the American Midwest was covered by a shallow sea. Scientists today…
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With a 9-Foot Head and 36-Foot Wingspan, This Flying Predator Was Absolutely Stunning
Transylvania is the home of Dracula—the stuff of blood-sucking nightmares. Myth aside, the island, located in present-day Romania, was indeed…
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This Ancient Duck Once Roamed The Earth With Dinosaurs
Birds are among the most dominant groups of animals today. However, the evolutionary history of this unique class of flying…
Elephant
This Huge Elephant Once Weighed 22 Tons and Stood Over 15 Feet Tall
Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up…
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This 8.4-Ton Gator Was Once at the Top of the Food Chain
The sheer savagery of the modern-day food chain may sometimes leave one wondering what things would have looked like millions…
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Discover an Ancient Shark That Looked Like an Eel And Lived in The Swamps of North America
What we now call North America was the embodiment of wilderness a million years ago. We can only dream about…
Animals
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
Palaeoloxodon namadicus, also called the Asian straight-tusked elephant, is a species of prehistoric elephant that lived from the Middle to…
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Quetzalcoatlus northropi
The Quetzalcoatlus northropi is an extinct pterosaur (flying reptile) that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous. Although size…
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Epicyon haydeni
It makes sense that the largest canid ever known to have existed doesn’t have a common name, as there is…
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Barylambda
Barylambda is an extinct genus of unusual-looking mammal that lived in North America during the Late Paleocene Epoch, between 58.7…
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Ornithocheirus
The Ornithocheirus was a pterosaur (flying reptile) that lived during the Albian Stage of the Early Cretaceous Period, about 110…
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Embolotherium
Embolotherium is a genus of heavily built mammals that lived in Mongolia during the late Eocene Epoch. While paleontologists have…
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This Beaked Herbivore Had Two Upside Down Tusks—and Looked Ridiculous
The fossil record has no shortage of ridiculous-looking animals, from elephants with hair all over their body like a Yeti…
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Xiphactinus
The Xiphactinus is an extinct genus of bony fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. This voracious sea creature lived…
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Eryops
Eryops is a genus of extinct, primitive amphibians that lived in the swamps of the Permian Period (about 299 to…
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Haikouichthys
The Haikouichthys is an extinct animal closely related to present-day hagfishes and lampreys. It was first identified in 1999 and…
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Pachycephalosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus is an extinct, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago. Its name, Pachycephalosaurus, which translates to the…
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Silurian Period: Facts, Information, and Timeline
About 443.8 million years ago, the planet was undergoing major changes. Global sea levels were rising dramatically due to melting…
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Sivatherium
Sivatherium is an extinct genus of giraffid, a family that includes giraffes and the okapi. It lived between seven million…
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Wiwaxia
Wiwaxia was a soft-bodied marine invertebrate that lived during the Cambrian Period. Covering its soft body is protective carbonaceous scales…
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Vegavis
Vegavis is a genus of extinct birds that lived in present-day Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous Period (Maastrichtian stage) about…
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Discover the Smartest Dinosaur Ever (Jurassic Park Got It Wrong)
Dinosaurs were awe-inspiring creatures. That’s why we’re still fascinated by them to this day. They existed in different sizes and…
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Discover 6 Incredible Devonian Period Animals
The Devonian Period was a geographic period of the Paleozoic Era that occurred from 419.2 million to 358.9 million years…
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Helicoprion
Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shark-like fishes that lived during the Devonian before going extinct in the Early Triassic…
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Scutosaurus
Scutosaurus is a genus of extinct reptiles that existed during the Permian Period. It was a large reptile covered in…
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Hatzegopteryx
Hatzegopteryx is an extinct pterosaur genus that lived during the Maastrichtian epoch. This unusually giant creature is one of the…
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Purussaurus
Purussaurus is one of the largest crocodilians to have ever lived. It is a member of the giant caiman family,…
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Allosaurus
The Allosaurus is a genus of large, theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Jurassic epoch about 155 to 145 million…
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Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus is a genus of large, armored fish that lived during the Devonian Period. It is one of the earliest…
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Lystrosaurus
Lystrosaurus is one of the few terrestrial animals that survived one of the most significant extinction events in geologic history—the…
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Cambrian Period: Facts, Information, and Timeline
The name Cambrian was derived from “Cambria,” the classical name for Wales. It was first used by Adam Sedgwick, a…
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Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon is an extinct, mammal-like animal that lived during the Early Permian Period, around 295–272 million years ago. Several ancient animal…
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Deinocheirus
Deinocheirus was a bizarre dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous around 70 million years ago. For up…
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Discover the Gigantic ‘Plant Lizard’ That Looked Like a Crocodile
Over the years, the earth has witnessed the rise and fall of many animals, as well as the evolution and…
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Amphicoelias Fragillimus
“The Amphicoelias fragillimus had no natural predators due to its enormous size.” Summary The Amphicoelias fragillimus was among the largest…
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Thylacoleo carnifex
Thylacoleo carnifex is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupials that once lived in Australia. This species existed from the Late…
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Thylacosmilus
Thylacosmilus is a genus of saber-toothed mammals that once lived in South America during the Late Miocene and Pliocene epochs.…
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Shastasaurus
Shastasaurus is a genus of large fish-like reptiles that lived from the Middle to the Late Triassic Period. It is…
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Panthera atrox (American Lion)
Panthera atrox—commonly known as “the American lion”—is an extinct species of lion native to the North American continent. The relationship…
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Magyarosaurus
Sauropod dinosaurs are famous for their long necks and massive size. However, the Magyarosaurus is a typical exception to the…
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Masiakasaurus
Masiakasaurus is a genus of small theropod dinosaurs that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous (about 70.7–65.5 million years…
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Cervalces latifrons (Broad-Fronted Moose)
Widely described as the gigantic moose, Cervalces latifrons was a deer species that lived in the Holarctic regions of Europe…
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Argentavis Magnificens
The Argentavis Magnificens had an impressive wingspan of up to 23 feet. That is about the same size as a…
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Gastornis
Gastornis is a genus of large flightless birds alive in the Mid-Paleocene to Mid-Eocene epochs of the Paleogene period. It…
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Icadyptes
Icadyptes is a group of giant aquatic birds that once existed in the South American tropics during the Late Eocene.…
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Diprotodon
Diprotodon was one of the first fossil mammals from Australia. It is also one of the most well-known megafaunas in…
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Hallucigenia
Hallucigenia is a worm-like creature that lived about 500 million years ago during the Cambrian Era. It belongs to a…
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Supersaurus
“The supersaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs to ever exist. Its neck alone could be as long as 50…