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The following are lists of prehistoric animals: By type. Land and avian animals. List of prehistoric amphibian genera. List of prehistoric mammals. List of fossil bird genera. List of crurotarsan genera. Pterosaurs. List of pterosaur genera. List of informally named pterosaurs. Dinosaurs. List of dinosaur genera. List of informally named dinosaurs.
The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Many of them are described below, along with their typical range of size (for the general dates of extinction, see the link to each).
This list contains some of the world’s most awesome – and strangest – prehistoric animals, many of which were early relatives of familiar modern-day animals. Are you brave enough to meet the Titanoboa ?
Prehistoric animals once roamed — and ruled — planet Earth. Some of them, like the giant sloth or the woolly rhino, were generally gentle. Others, like the saber-toothed tiger and the dire wolves, dominated their environment with their size and fearsome fangs.
A comprehensive online guide to prehistoric creatures. In the species index you will find a great many entries, but don’t expect to find just dinosaurs. While there is a great number of dinosaur species on here, you will also find the early arthropods which include sea scorpions bigger than a person. The earliest ...
The explosion of animal diversity really kicked off during the Cambrian period, about 540 million years ago. The first animals that lived on Earth roamed the seas. The oceans were ruled by...
Prehistoric Animals That Are Alive Today. Awe-inducing creatures like mastodons, giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and even dire wolves (yep, they were a real thing — not just a “Game of Thrones” fantasy) have sadly gone extinct since the last ice age ended about 11,700 years ago.