Prehistoric Extinct Animals
31 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.CeratosaurusA horned theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic.ChampsosaurusExtinct crocodile-like reptile from the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene.ChoristoderaExtinct semiaquatic reptiles with diverse body forms.CoelophysisLate Triassic theropod dinosaur from the southwestern United States.CoelurosauriaClade of theropod dinosaurs that includes all birds.ConfuciusornisEarly Cretaceous beaked bird from China, abundant in Jehol Biota.CorythosaurusA crested duck-billed dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.CotylorhynchusHerbivorous caseid synapsid with a tiny head and huge body.
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