The Megalodon was a gigantic prehistoric shark that was the top predator during its era. It lived between 18 and 1.5 million years ago and was the largest predator to have ever lived in the sea other than the modern…
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Andrewsarchus mongoliensis, normally known simply as Andrewsarchus, is – at least within the known fossil record – the largest carnivorous mammal ever to live on land. Named after the paleontologist who discovered it, Roy Andrews, Andrewsarchus currently survives only in…
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It is astounding that dinosaurs lived on this planet for approximately 248 to 65 million years ago. It is logical to think that some of today’s animals that remains on earth made it through the extinction of the dinosaurs but…
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There are almost as many reasons why popular myths about dinosaurs appear as there are myths. Just about all knowledge that can be gained from dinosaurs comes from fossil records and this to some extent leads to speculation about how…
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Throughout the age of dinosaurs, beginning in the late Paleozoic era and ending during the Cretaceous period, the creatures endured major climate change on more than one occasion. Although it is theorized that their final extinction was caused by the…
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Technology seems to be the master of this world. It can do anything. Michael Crichton’s stunning tale of an Amusement park filled with cloned dinosaurs fired the imagination of an impressionable public. Crichton, a master of taking a sliver of…
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Dinosaurs were a large subgroup of the reptile class; they dominated the terrestrial environments of our planet Earth for 160 million years, up until approximately 65 million years ago. They all belonged to the taxonomic superorder of Dinosauria, which contained…
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Dinosaurs are a type of reptile that existed millions of years ago. They thrived for nearly 165 million years. The last dinosaur died off nearly 65 million years ago. The only evidence that these majestic creatures existed are fossil remains….
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In the time of the dinosaurs the earth was a much different place than it is today, but the food chain was still occupied by creatures categorized as being either carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous. In that respect, the circle of…
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Dinosaurs have captivated the imagination of people across generations since the the word was first coined in the late 19th century by Sir Richard Owen. Over the next century dinosaurs became part of the pop-culture, featuring in many stories, novels…
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