Extinct Animals 🦣🦤さんのイラストまとめ

Nuralagus rex was an enormous rabbit that lived on the island of Minorca 5 million years ago.

Megalancosaurus was a chameleon-like reptile from the Late Triassic. It grew to 25 cm long.

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An adult male Xenokeryx amidalae. These creatures may have been an ancient relative of the giraffe.

(Credit: Israel M. Sanchez)

Anisoceras was an extraordinary ammonite (ancient cephalopod) with a bizarre, elongated shell that was covered in spikes!

(Credit: Satoshi Kawasaki)

Since fossils don't preserve soft tissue, it's hard to tell what dinosaurs might have looked like. Many artists just leave off possible feathers, quills and skin flaps. If we drew modern animals this way, baboons might look like this. @qikipedia

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Leptoptilos robustus, or the giant stork, is an extinct predatory bird from Flores. It grew to 1.8 metres tall, weighed 16 kilograms & preyed on pygmy hominids.

Pterodaustro was a flying dinosaur from the Cretaceous of South America. It had a bizarre set of teeth, similar to some whales, which was used to catch small organisms from the sea.

Spinosaurus was one of the largest predatory dinosaurs ever. This semi-aquatic apex predator lived during the Cretaceous period & measured 18 metres in length!

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The heads of several extinct pterodactyloids.

(Credit: Julio Lacerda)

Oncorhynchus rastrosus or the sabertooth salmon was named after its two fangs which protrude from the snout. This huge species of salmon could grow to 3 metres long!