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Coelodonta antiquitatis
Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799) MammaliaPerrissodactylaRhinoceratidaeRhinocerotinae PleistoceneEurasiaHeight: 2 mThe woolly rhinoceros was well adapted to the cold climate of the ice age....
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Stegotetrabelodon syrticus
Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Petrocchi, 1941MammaliaProboscideaElephantidae Late MioceneSahabi FormationLibyaHeight: 4 mThis Miocene elephant had four long tusks, a pair in each jaw, reminiscent of the...
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Dinornis robustus
Dinornis robustus (Owen, 1846)AvesPaleognathaeDinornithiformesDinornithidae Pleistocene - HoloceneSouth Island, New ZealandHeight: 3.5 mThe South Island moa might have been the tallest bird that ever...
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Moropus elatus
Moropus elatus Marsh, 1877MammaliaPerrissodactylaAncylopodaChalicotherioideaChalicotheriidaeSchizotheriinae Early MioceneHarrison Fm (Late Arikareean)Nebraska, USHeight: 2.5 mChalicotheres were...
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Saccorhytus coronarius
Saccorhytus coronarius Han, Conway Morris, Ou, Shu & Huang 2017DeuterostomiaSaccorhytidaSaccorhytidae Early CambrianKuanchuanpu Fm (Fortunian)Shaanxi, ChinaSize: 1.3 mmBilateral animals (animals...
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Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa
Myllokunmingia fengjiaoa Shu et al., 1999ChordataMyllokunmingidaeEarly CambrianMaotianshan Shale, Chengjiang biota, Yuanshan Fm (formerly Yuanshan Mbr, Qiongzhusi Fm) (Atdabanian)Yunnan, ChinaSize: 3...
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Calvapilosa kroegeri
Calvapilosa kroegeri Vinther et al., 2017MolluscaSachitidaSiphogonuchidae Early OrdovicianFezouata biota, Fezouata Fm (Upper Tremadocian)MoroccoSize: 3 cmThis animal was a primitive mollusk...
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Daphoenus vetus
Daphoenus vetus Leidy, 1853MammaliaCarnivoraAmphicyonidae OligoceneBrule Fm (Orellan)Nebraska, USLength: 1 mCharacterized by a long tail, elongated body and rather short legs, the coyote-size...
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Ovatiovermis cribratus
Ovatiovermis cribratus Caron & Aria, 2017PanarthropodaLobopodia Luolishaniidae Middle CambrianWalcott Quarry shale Mbr, Burgess Shale FmBritish Columbia, CanadaLength: 2 cmThis marine relative of...
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Eotitanosuchus olsoni
Eotitanosuchus olsoni Chudinov, 1960TherapsidaBiarmosuchiaEotitanosuchidae Late PermianEzhovo Fauna (Late Kazanian to Earliest Tatarian)Perm, RussiaLength: 2.5 mThis large gorgonopsid-like...
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Eoredlichia intermedia
Eoredlichia intermedia (Lu, 1940)ArthropodaTrilobitaRedlichiidaRedlichiidaeEarly CambrianChengjiang fauna, Maotianshan Shale (Late Atdabanian)Yunnan, ChinaLength: 10 cm This early Cambrian trilobite...
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Carnotaurus sastrei
Carnotaurus sastrei Bonaparte, 1985DinosauriaSaurischiaTheropodaAbelisauridae Late CretaceousLa Colonia Fm (Late Maastrichtian)Chubut Province, ArgentinaLength: 8.5 m Carnotaurus known from a single...
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Haplophrentis carinatus
Haplophrentis carinatus (Matthew, 1899)LophophorataHyolithaHyolithidaHyloithidae Middle CambrianBurgess Shale FmBritish Columbia, CanadaLength: 2.5 cm The exact affinities of the enigmatic cone shelled...
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Isaberrysaura mollensis
Isaberrysaura mollensis Salgado et al., 2017DinosauriaOrnithischiaNeornithischia Early to Middle JurassicLos Molles Fm (Toarcian-Bajocian)Neuquén Prov., ArgentinaLength: 4.5 m This unusual relative of...
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Anomalocaris saron
Anomalocaris saron Hou et al., 1995PanarthropodaLobopodaDinocaridiaRadiodontaAnomalocarididae Early CambrianChengjiang fauna, Maotianshan ShaleYunnan, ChinaLength: 1 mThe Chinese equivalent of the...
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Postosuchus kirkpatricki
Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee, 1985SauropsidaArchosauriaRauisuchiaRauisuchidae Late TriassicCooper Canyon Fm, Dockum Gr (Norian)Texas, USLength: 5 m Postosuchus was the top predator of its time....
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Ottoia prolifica
Ottoia prolifica Walcott, 1911PriapulidaOttoiidae Middle CambrianBurgess Shale FmBritish Columbia, CanadaLength: 8 cmThis Cambrian worm from the Burgess Shale probably belong to the extent group known...
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Charassognathus gracilis
Charassognathus gracilis Botha et al., 2007SynapsidaTherapsidaCynodontiaLate PermianTropidostoma a. z., Hoedemaker mbr, Teekloof Fm (Wuchiapingian)Western Cape Province, South AfricaLength: 50 cmKnown...
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Taeniolabis taoensis
Taeniolabis taoensis Cope, 1882MammaliaMultituberculataCimolodontaTaenilabidoideaTaeniolabididaePaleoceneNacimiento Fm (Puercan)New Mexico, USLength: 1 mThis is the largest known member of the...
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Opabinia regalis
Opabinia regalis Walcott, 1912DinocaridiaRadiodontaOpabiniidae Middle CambrianBurgess ShaleBritish Columbia, CanadaLength: 4 cmWith its five composite eyes and a proboscis that was probably used to...
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