Extinct animals
Dive into the world of extinct animals, uncovering captivating tales of vanished species. Explore their fascinating histories and lasting impacts on biodiversity.
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When we think about prehistoric skies, many of us picture huge winged creatures soaring over ancient Earth. We have long been led to believe that "flying dinosaurs" dominated the skies throughout the Mesozoic Era by movies, literature, and museum exhibits. Did dinosaurs actually fly, though? The real...
If we are looking for Spanish dinosaurs, we need to clarify that we are asking what dinosaur fossils have been found in Spain. These prehistoric beasts are long extinct, but our knowledge of them stems from the fossil record which can be seen in the form of bones, coprolites, gastroliths or ichnites left...
The great auk (Pinginus impennis) was a British seabird that had a population distribution that ranged from the top of Spain up through the Atlantic to Greenland. It is now extinct. This extinction occurred leading up to the mid-19th century. There are different factors which contributed to their downfall...
Few of the most well-known dinosaurs are types of marine dinosaur. We might more often think of terrestrial dinosaurs such as those from the genera Tyrannosaurus or Velociraptor. There is a good reason for this, since there technically are no true marine dinosaurs. When we think of prehistoric animals,...
Thanks to movies and other popular culture sources, it is easy to think of dinosaurs as creatures of pure fantasy. These ‘terrible lizards’ bear some resemblance to reptiles we see today, but they have characteristics which make them seem as if they could have only ever existed in our imagination. In...