Plains

Hooded Oriole

Palm-frond weaver of the Southwest

Krait

Silent stripes, serious venom.

Titanoboa

The rainforest boa that broke records

Phorusrhacos

Miocene runner with a can-opener beak

Arctotherium

Short-faced giants of Ice Age South America

Sinosauropteryx

Jehol's fuzzy little predator

Terror Bird

Run fast. Strike hard. Terror bird.

Spinosaurus

Sail-backed hunter of ancient rivers

Compsognathus

Small body, sharp bite, Jurassic sprint

Ceratosaurus

The horned hunter of the Morrison

Tarbosaurus

Nemegt's tyrant king

Megatherium

The Great Beast of the Ice Age

Suchomimus

Croc-snouted hunter of Cretaceous Niger

Cave Lion

Ice Age king of the open steppe

Patagotitan

Patagonia's colossal long-neck

Psittacosaurus

Small beak, big Cretaceous success

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo

Whimbrel

Curved bill, epic journeys

Gomphotherium

Four tusks, many worlds, one lineage

Red Kite

Forked tail, floating flight, comeback!

Platybelodon

The Miocene Shovel-Tusker

Daeodon

Not a pig-just terrifying teeth.

Troodon

Famous, brainy, and taxonomically tricky

Amargasaurus

Two spines, one Patagonian icon