Prehistoric Extinct Animals 1-24
23 entries in the Prehistoric Extinct Animals compendium.
Woolly mammothExtinct ice-age elephant adapted to cold environments.Woolly rhinocerosExtinct rhinoceros adapted to the cold mammoth steppe.Yuanmou ManEarly Homo erectus subspecies from southwestern China.AbelisauridaeCarnivorous bipedal dinosaurs with stocky limbs and ornamented skulls.AcanthostegaEarly stem-tetrapod with eight-digited limbs, intermediate between fish and land vertebratAetosauriaHeavily armored Late Triassic pseudosuchians used as index fossils.AmargasaurusA small sauropod with tall spines on its neck and back.AnchiornisA small, four-winged dinosaur key to understanding bird evolution.AnkylosauriaArmored herbivorous dinosaurs with fused bony shields.ApatosaurusA large, long-necked sauropod from the Late Jurassic.ArchelonLargest known turtle, a Late Cretaceous marine giant.ArchosauromorphaClade of reptiles more related to archosaurs than lepidosaurs.ArgentavisExtinct giant teratorn, among the largest flying birds known.ArgentinosaurusGiant titanosaur from Early Cretaceous Argentina.ArizonasaurusMiddle Triassic archosaur with a distinctive back sail.Balaur bondocA stocky, double-sickle-clawed dinosaur from Cretaceous Romania.BaurusuchidaeGondwanan family of terrestrial hypercarnivorous crocodilians from the Late Cretaceous.BoverisuchusA small, hoof-toed crocodyliform that likely hunted on land.CaenagnathidaeCretaceous oviraptorosaurs with specialized beaks and air-filled jaws.CamarasaurusA common Late Jurassic sauropod with a chambered vertebrae.CarnosauriaExtinct carnivorous theropods from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.CastorocaudaJurassic mammaliaform with otter-like adaptations and earliest known fur.CeratopsiaHerbivorous, beaked dinosaurs with horns and frills.
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