Coastal

Gomphotherium

Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage

Red Kite

Forked tail, floating flight, comeback!

Troodon

Famous, brainy, and taxonomically tricky

Pelagornis

Giants of the wind-swept seas

Mosasaurus

Apex lizard of the Cretaceous seas

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Late Cretaceous king of crushing bites

Pteranodon

Crested ruler of the Cretaceous skies

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

Styracosaurus

A horned face full of spikes

Pterodactyl

Not dinosaurs-masters of Mesozoic skies

Iguanodon

Thumb-spiked titan of Early Cretaceous

Polacanthus

Hip-shielded tank of the Cretaceous

Archaeopteryx

Teeth, tail, and feathers-airborne!

Euoplocephalus

Built like a tank, born to browse

Old House Borer

Hidden larva, big timber trouble.

Leopard Shark

Spots of the surf zone

Galapagos Shark

The drop-off guardian of island seas

White Shark

Warm-bodied ruler of the blue