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Homo floresiensis sheltering in the shell of a giant tortoise (Megalochelys).
(Credit: Joschua Knüppe)
Odontogriphus had a circular mouth ringed with teeth.
(Credit: Quade Paul)
Irritator, a Spinosaurid who got its name from the irritating hours it took paleontologists to fix the tampered skull they got from fossil poachers.
(Credit Fred Wierum)
Hesperornis were flightless aquatic birds from the Late Cretaceous. They had basically no wings, & propelled themselves with powerful backlegs.
(Credit: Carl Buell)
Looking like a cross between a mongoose and an anteater, Metacheiromys is an extinct mammal from the Middle Eocene. It measured 45cm long.
(Credit: DiBgd)
Haplophrentis is an extinct hyolithid which lived in the Cambrian Period. They were between 2-6 cm long and were filter feeders.
(Credit: D. Dufault)
Sinosauropteryx prima was a dinosaur that had a banded tail & a racoon-like mask over the eyes. It was the first non-avian dinosaur discovered with direct evidence for feathers.
(Credit: Studio 252MYA)
Cricosaurus is an extinct marine crocodile from the Late Jurassic.
(Credit: Rodrigo Vega)
Ambopteryx longibrachium, a newfound species of nonavian theropod dinosaur that had bat-like membrane wings. It lived in what's now China about 163 million years ago.
(Credit: Chung-Tat Cheung)
Some extinct proboscideans size comparison.
(Credit: PrehistoryByLiam on deviantart)