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Ouranosaurus nigeriensis // Antonin Jury
This cousin of Iguanodon’s lived in what is now Niger in the Early Cretaceous.

Cenozoic Grasslands // Franz Anthony
30 million years ago, grasslands spread across the globe, forcing mammals to adapt and diversify.

Sarmientosaurus musacchioi // Joschua Knüppe
It had a small brain compared to its body, but its massive eyeballs indicated sharp vision.

Late Devonian forest // Franz Anthony
The early forests of Devonian altered the environment, forcing animals like Tiktaalik to move to land.

Dakotaraptor steini // Nathan E. Rogers
Despite being too large to fly, its fossil showed quill knobs, suggesting the animal was feathered.

Erlikosaurus andrewsi // Elia Smaniotto
This pot-bellied animal with enormous claws lived in Mongolia in the Late Cretaceous.

Archaeopteryx lithographica // Franz Anthony
The "first bird” from the Jurassic Period ignited the idea that birds descended from dinosaurs.

Camarasaurus sp. // Antonin Jury
Its name is taken from the Greek word kamara, meaning vaulted chamber, which refers to its hollow backbone.

Drepanis coccinea // Lucas Lima
The ʻiʻiwi or scarlet honeycreeper is a symbolic Hawai’ian bird known to appear in folklore.

Hesperocyon sp. // Fabrizio De Rossi
It is one of the earliest members of the Canidae, with slender body that made it look like a civet.