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Pachyrhinosaurus was a large herbivore from the late Cretaceous Period. Instead of a horn, it had a large bony bump called a “boss.”
(Credit: James Havens)
Kerygmachela is an early arthropod that lived during the Cambrian period. They had 11 pairs of lateral lobes for swimming.
(Credit: deviantart/Achaeopteryx)
Stethacanthus is an extinct, shark-like Holocephalian that died out 323 milllion years ago & measured 70 cm long.
(Credit: DiBgd)
Lacusovagus was a species of pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil.
(Credit: Joschua Knüppe)
Anteosaurus had a huge, powerful jaw & teeth which it used to drag prey into water, drowning the victim.
(Credit: Robert Bakkers)
Massospondylus roamed the Earth 200 million years ago & reached 6 metres in length.
(Credit: Nobu Tamura)
Mammalodon colliveri is an extinct baleen whale that measured 3 metres long. Its blunt snout may have helped to suck up organisms from the sea floor.
(Credit: Gogosardina, Carl Buell)
Among the largest carnivorous dinosaurs ever, Carcharodontosaurus measured 13.3 metres long & weighed 15 tonnes!
(Credit: Mohamad Haghani)
A comparison of Spinosauridae, a group of fish-eating theropods that flourished during the Cretaceous Period.
(Photo: Saurian)
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