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archaeopteryx
by justin goh on 1/26/2012
1 votes
this bird was the first of all birds
Sabretooth tiger
by Shubham Balasaria on 12/8/2011
7 votes
One of the biggest carnivores among tigers!! It fed on meat of deers, and other big animals...
Labrador Duck, Elliott Coues
by lyf on 11/28/2011
2 votes
Egg gatherers raiding the Labrador Duck's nest colonies on the coasts of Quebec and Labrador probabl(...)
Carolina Parakeet, Gustav Mutzel
by yi xuan on 11/28/2011
2 votes
Once abundant, this extinct species nested in large colonies in the cypress swamps in the South Atla(...)
Platybelodon
by Max on 8/4/2011
9 votes
Platybelodon ("flat-spear tusk") was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant (or(...)
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Aurochs Bour
by radu florin paterau on 2/3/2011
11 votes
The aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, was a type of huge wild catt(...)
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New Zealand Haast's Eagle
by Kiwi on 12/5/2010
41 votes
he species was the largest eagle known to have existed. Its prey consisted mainly of gigantic flight(...)
Megalodon
by Eric H on 9/28/2010
69 votes
The megalodon, Carcharodon or Carcharocles megalodon is an extinct megatoothed shark that existed in(...)
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Wooly Mammoths: Extinct 10,000 years
by Amanda in Tampa, FL on 9/17/2010
40 votes
Mammoths are hairy elephant-like animals, with a sloping back, huge curved tusks up to 3.5 m. long, (...)
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Dickinsonia
by just on 9/12/2010
29 votes
It looks more like a piece of chewing gum that somebody has stepped on! Weird...
Cave Bear
by Rafal on 8/26/2010
5 votes
What about the greatest of all bears ? Cave bear
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giant anteaters
by turni on 7/7/2010
15 votes
Giant anteaters lap up thousands of ants and termites every day with their long tongues, but never d(...)
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Moa, 12ft bird from New Zealand
by Heidi on 7/7/2010
7 votes
Imagine running into a 12 ft bird!!.. From Wiki: The moa were eleven species (in six genera) of (...)
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Samotherium
by Octarin on 6/26/2010
6 votes
Samotherium is an extinct genus of giraffe from the Miocene and Pliocene. Samotherium had two ossico(...)
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Marsupial Lion
by Bruiser on 6/20/2010
6 votes
The Marsupial Lion is the largest meat-eating mammal known to have ever existed in Australia, and on(...)
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Haast Eagle
by Gaz on 6/17/2010
5 votes
The picture is from Wiki so you might not be allowed to show it, but as you can see from the paintin(...)
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The Woolly Rhinoceros
by nick on 6/4/2010
6 votes
An adult woolly rhinoceros was 3.7 metres (12 feet) in length on average, but they could probably gr(...)
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5 About to Extinct Animals
by Ghost on 4/15/2010
7 votes
The Pinta Island Tortoise is found in the Galapagos Islands. This particular tortoise was thought to(...)
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Imperial Woodpecker
by Hector on 4/10/2010
5 votes
If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species. The primary reason for its decl(...)
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Giant Kangaroo
by Bert on 3/29/2010
4 votes
Procoptodon goliah (the Giant Short-faced Kangaroo) is the largest kangaroo to have ever lived. It g(...)
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Anomalocaris
by Nik on 3/18/2010
3 votes
Super predator of the Cambrian with descendants lasting into the Ordovician. Extinct 400My.
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The Giant Wombat
by Shelley Hobbs on 2/7/2010
3 votes
The largest marsupial that ever lived. Inhabited Australia and was hunted to extintion by the Aborig(...)
Argentavis magnificens
by AJT on 1/29/2010
14 votes
The most interesting one for me. This bird had a 21ft (6.4m) wingspan. It was of the long-dead Terat(...)
Golden coquí
by John Whistle on 1/25/2010
4 votes
Golden coquís are roughly 3/4 inch (~1.9 cm) long (snout-vent length) and are olive-gold to yellow-g(...)
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A pigeon that has passed by
by Jan D Fibrowitch on 1/15/2010
4 votes
A bird that was once measured in the billions, the Passenger Pigeon lived long enough to be photogra(...)
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Amphicoelias Fragillimus
by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010
4 votes
A. fragillimus may have been the longest known land animal at 40?60 meters (131?196 ft) in length, a(...)
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Gigantopithecus
by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010
3 votes
The fossil record suggests that the Gigantopithecus blacki species were the largest apes that ever (...)
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Indricotherium
by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010
4 votes
Indricotherium was the largest land mammal to have ever walked on earth. Measuring from 15 to 33 ton(...)
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Moa
by Grady on 1/15/2010
3 votes
The moa were ten species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest(...)
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Arctodus simus, Short Faced Bear
by Harry Charles on 1/7/2010
3 votes
Arctodus simus, also known as the giant short-faced bear, is an extinct species of bear. The genus A(...)
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Giant Sloth
by morgan on 1/6/2010
4 votes
Evolving from the tree sloths in South America, ground sloths were very distantly related to anteate(...)
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Elasmotherium
by Grga Kraljevic on 1/2/2010
4 votes
An Elasmotherium on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Characterized by a single (...)
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Coelurosauravus
by Grga Kraljevic on 12/27/2009
2 votes
Coelurosauravus was one of the more intriguing diapseds (animals having two holes behind the eye for(...)
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Daeodon, terrible hog
by Ivan Kraljevic on 12/24/2009
4 votes
Daeodon (formerly Dinohyus, "terrible hog"), one of the largest, if not the largest, entelodont arti(...)
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Diplocaulus, aka "Boomerang Head"
by Grga Kraljevic on 12/23/2009
2 votes
The weirdest species the team has found in the Red Beds is the ?Boomerang Head,? or, as it's officia(...)
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Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus)
by Sadhbh Quinn on 12/5/2009
5 votes
The Dire Wolf is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, and was most common in North Amer(...)
Terror bird/ titanus
by Aaron on 11/25/2009
8 votes
The terror bird, or titanus, is a massive carnivorous bird which stood about 7 feet tall, and lived (...)
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New Zealands Giant Eagle "Haast's Eagle"
by Tim on 11/15/2009
3 votes
The largest eagle known to have existed, and is sometimes known as the Giant Eagle. Its prey mainly (...)
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the New Zealand moa
by Joshua Lee on 10/16/2009
5 votes
The moa were ten species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinorn(...)
Elephant bird
by Jorge on 10/12/2009
4 votes
The elephant birds, which were giant ratites native to Madagascar, have been extinct since at least (...)
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Punk sized t-rex
by Michelle R on 9/21/2009
2 votes
I read this in the paper and they found a smaller t-rex realitive, only 9 ft tall and is accuratly d(...)
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insect from hell
by Sean on 8/6/2009
7 votes
well... thats a mighty Slater '^^ 'wikipedia' Arthropleura was a 0.3?2.6 metre (1?8.5 feet) long(...)
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Megalodon, The Prehistoric Great White Shark (Carcharodon megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon) Extinction: 1.5 million years ago
by J.G.W on 7/25/2009
8 votes
Length: Over 20 metres (65 feet). Weight: 50-60 tons. Bite force: 40,131 pounds per square inch (2(...)
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