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Diplomoceras are ancient cephalopods with extremely elongated shells that were 2 metres across (4 metres when accounting for shell winding). They lived during the Cretaceous & had a worldwide distribution.

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Odobenocetops was a bizarre toothed whale from Peru & Chile. It looked like a cross between a walrus & a narwhal, with a elongated tusk. Its right tusk could grow to 1.3 metres, but the left one was just 25 cm.

(Credit: P. Riha)

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Acutiramus is an extinct sea scorpion that emerged in the Late Silurian. These gigantic arthropods reached 2 metres in length & had pincers that were 5 centimetres long!

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Arambourgiania was one of the largest pterosaurs, with a wingspan of up to 13 metres!

(Credit: Mark Witton)

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Homalodotherium was a weird South American ungulate that sported grasping claws on its forefeet instead of hooves.

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Hyphalosaurus was a freshwater aquatic reptile from the Early Cretaceous. They were 80 cm long & had a small head with needle-like teeth. Its diet consisted of small fish & arthropods.

(Credit: hyrotrioskjan)

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Hyperodapedon was a stocky rhynchosaur from the Late Triassic period. It grew to 1.3 metres long.

(Credit: Nobu Tamura)

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Artist's impression of a female Maiacetus and her newborn pup. Also known as the 'walking whale', this species lived in Pakistan 47 million years ago & gave birth on land.

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Ocepechelon from the Late Cretaceous is one of the largest turtles ever. It had a bony, tube-shaped snout which is unique in four-limbed vertebrates. Its skull was 70cm long.

(Credit: Nobu Tamura, C. Letenneur)

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Aepycamelus is an extinct giraffe-like camelid that grew to 3 metres in height!

(Credit: Heinrich Harder)

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