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The pig-footed bandicoot was one of the smallest marsupials, at just 20cm long. They became extinct in the 1950s due to European settlers.

(Credit: John Gould)

Bulbasaurus was a Permian synapsid from South Africa. It was named after its bulbous skull, however the describers said the similarity in name to a Pokemon 'may not be entirely coincidental'.

Xenacanthus is a prehistoric shark from the early Permian. They were a metre in length.

(Credit: Nobu Tamura)

Phoberomys was a gigantic rodent & the second largest rodent that ever lived. It roamed Argentina during the Miocene.

(Credit: Prehistoric Wildlife)

Metriorhynchus is an extinct marine crocodile from the Jurassic period.

(Credit: paleopeter)

Chilantaisaurus was an 11-metre-long theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.

(Credit: Compiler)

Macrauchenia was a South American ungulate that died out 10,000 years ago. It was 3 metres long & had a trunk to keep out dust from its nostrils.

(Credit: Olllga)

Ophiacodon is an extinct synapsid that roamed Europe & North America during the Late Carboniferous. They grew to 3 metres in length & spent a lot of time in the water.

(Credit: Mineo Shiraishi)

Water king (inkayacu paracasensis) is a huge, extinct penguin that stood at 1.5 metres tall!

(Credit: Katie Browne)

The sea scorpion or Jaekelopterus was one of the largest arthropods ever discovered, growing to 2.5 metres long! It lived in freshwater rivers & was an apex predator.

(Credit: Jaime Chirinos)