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18.12.2015 21:09 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part2 Birds Ch.3 Flying giants-which is the largest flying bird
Battle of the Big Birds
P. sandersi‘s size puts it just ahead of Argentavis, previously considered the largest bird known. Argentavis, distantly related to today’s Andean condor, ruled the skies over South America 6-...
P. sandersi‘s size puts it just ahead of Argentavis, previously considered the largest bird known. Argentavis, distantly related to today’s Andean condor, ruled the skies over South America 6-...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part2 Birds Ch.2 The bigest birds of all time - competitors
The next largest was Australian Dromornis stirtoni.
Dromornis stirtoni was the largest of the dromornithids, a group of huge flightless birds known only from Australia. The late Miocene Dromornis, from Alcoota Station in the Norther...
Dromornis stirtoni was the largest of the dromornithids, a group of huge flightless birds known only from Australia. The late Miocene Dromornis, from Alcoota Station in the Norther...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part2 Birds Ch.1 The bigest bird of all time - Vorombe Titan
Birds (Aves)
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig...
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.22 Prosimians
Prosimians
Prosimians are the most primitive of the living primates, which also include the monkeys and apes. The name prosimian means pre-monkey. The living prosimians are placed in the suborder Prosimii, which includes four familie...
Prosimians are the most primitive of the living primates, which also include the monkeys and apes. The name prosimian means pre-monkey. The living prosimians are placed in the suborder Prosimii, which includes four familie...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.21 Primates - Giant ape Gigantopithecus and giant man Meganthropus
Primates (Primata)
Primates is the name of the order of mammals to which we happen to belong. The name means "first" or "most important" and was given to the order by Carl Linnaeus. While naming it that way may have been a matter of ...
Primates is the name of the order of mammals to which we happen to belong. The name means "first" or "most important" and was given to the order by Carl Linnaeus. While naming it that way may have been a matter of ...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.20 Monotremes and Marsupials - Giant kangaroo and other little-known giants
The largest kangaroo ever was Procoptodon, which could grow to 3.0 m (10 ft) and weigh 230 kilograms (510 lb).
Procoptodon was a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah, the largest...
Procoptodon was a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah, the largest...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.20 Monotremes and Marsupials -Carnivorous marsupials
Sparassodonts
1. Borhyaena 2. Protodidelphis 3. Arctodictis 4. Prothylacinus 5. Dukecynus
1. Borhyaena 2. Protodidelphis 3. Arctodictis 4. Prothylacinus 5. Dukecynus
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.20 Monotremes and Marsupials
Monotremes (Monotremata)
1. Tachyglossus 2. Megalibgwilia 3. Zaglossus
1. Tachyglossus 2. Megalibgwilia 3. Zaglossus
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.19 Armadillos,Glyptodonts and Sloths
Armadillos,Glyptodonts and Sloths (Xenarthra)
The mammalian order Xenarthra includes the armadillos, sloths and anteaters, and the extinct glyptodonts; the mammalian order Pholidota comprises the pangolins or scaly anteaters. Although...
The mammalian order Xenarthra includes the armadillos, sloths and anteaters, and the extinct glyptodonts; the mammalian order Pholidota comprises the pangolins or scaly anteaters. Although...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.18 Astrapotherians,Arsinoitheres and Pyrotherium
Astrapotherians (Astrapotheria)
Astrapotheria is an extinct order of South American and Antarctic hoofed mammals that existed from the Late Paleocene to the Middle Miocene, 59 to 12 million years ago.Astrapotheres were large and rhinoc...
Astrapotheria is an extinct order of South American and Antarctic hoofed mammals that existed from the Late Paleocene to the Middle Miocene, 59 to 12 million years ago.Astrapotheres were large and rhinoc...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.17 Brontotheriidae and Dinoceratans
Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae, also called Titanotheriidae, is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla,the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.They lived around 56–34 million years ago,...
Brontotheriidae, also called Titanotheriidae, is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla,the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.They lived around 56–34 million years ago,...
18.12.2015 16:55 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.16 Notoungulates,Chalicotheriidae,or what happens when nature play
Notoungulates (Notoungulata)
Notoungulates – literally “southern ungulates.” – may be the most emblematic of all extinct South American mammals. Notoungulates were the most abundant of the native South American ...
Notoungulates – literally “southern ungulates.” – may be the most emblematic of all extinct South American mammals. Notoungulates were the most abundant of the native South American ...