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![]() | Anomalocaris by Nik on 3/18/2010 Super predator of the Cambrian with descendants lasting into the Ordovician. Extinct 400My. (Source) | |
![]() | The Giant Wombat by Shelley Hobbs on 2/7/2010 The largest marsupial that ever lived. Inhabited Australia and was hunted to extintion by the Aborig(...) | |
![]() | Argentavis magnificens by AJT on 1/29/2010 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 Golden coquís are roughly 3/4 inch (~1.9 cm) long (snout-vent length) and are olive-gold to yellow-g(...) (Source) | |
![]() | A pigeon that has passed by by Jan D Fibrowitch on 1/15/2010 A bird that was once measured in the billions, the Passenger Pigeon lived long enough to be photogra(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Amphicoelias Fragillimus by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 A. fragillimus may have been the longest known land animal at 40?60 meters (131?196 ft) in length, a(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Gigantopithecus by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 The fossil record suggests that the Gigantopithecus blacki species were the largest apes that ever (...) (Source) | |
![]() | Indricotherium by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 Indricotherium was the largest land mammal to have ever walked on earth. Measuring from 15 to 33 ton(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Moa by Grady on 1/15/2010 The moa were ten species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Arctodus simus, Short Faced Bear by Harry Charles on 1/7/2010 Arctodus simus, also known as the giant short-faced bear, is an extinct species of bear. The genus A(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Giant Sloth by morgan on 1/6/2010 Evolving from the tree sloths in South America, ground sloths were very distantly related to anteate(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Elasmotherium by Grga Kraljevic on 1/2/2010 An Elasmotherium on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Characterized by a single (...) (Source) | |
![]() | Coelurosauravus by Grga Kraljevic on 12/27/2009 Coelurosauravus was one of the more intriguing diapseds (animals having two holes behind the eye for(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Daeodon, terrible hog by Ivan Kraljevic on 12/24/2009 Daeodon (formerly Dinohyus, "terrible hog"), one of the largest, if not the largest, entelodont arti(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Diplocaulus, aka "Boomerang Head" by Grga Kraljevic on 12/23/2009 The weirdest species the team has found in the Red Beds is the ?Boomerang Head,? or, as it's officia(...) (Source) | |
![]() | Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus) by Sadhbh Quinn on 12/5/2009 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 The terror bird, or titanus, is a massive carnivorous bird which stood about 7 feet tall, and lived (...) (Source) | |
![]() | New Zealands Giant Eagle "Haast's Eagle" by Tim on 11/15/2009 The largest eagle known to have existed, and is sometimes known as the Giant Eagle. Its prey mainly (...) (Source) | |
![]() | the New Zealand moa by Joshua Lee on 10/16/2009 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 The elephant birds, which were giant ratites native to Madagascar, have been extinct since at least (...) (Source) | |
![]() | Punk sized t-rex by Michelle R on 9/21/2009 I read this in the paper and they found a smaller t-rex realitive, only 9 ft tall and is accuratly d(...) (Source) | |
![]() | insect from hell by Sean on 8/6/2009 well... thats a mighty Slater '^^ 'wikipedia' Arthropleura was a 0.3?2.6 metre (1?8.5 feet) long(...) (Source) | |
![]() | 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 Length: Over 20 metres (65 feet). Weight: 50-60 tons. Bite force: 40,131 pounds per square inch (2(...) | |