Zarafasaura was the puzzle piece that made a puzzle
To be fair, it would have left you in pieces too.
Extinct
Xenosmilus is the grittier name for “cookie-cutter panda cat”
I dare you to say that to its face.
Wild Elephants in Europe? Are You Mad?
A shrinking elephant doesn’t pack a big trunk.
Stars, Royalty, Romans and Nazis. And You Thought Cows Were Boring.
The aurochs ascended to the heavens. And back…?
Steller’s Sea Cow Had a Less Than Stellar Future
Yet another species we kicked out the Extinction door.
Eohippus Took its Discoverers For a Ride
The first horse Eohippus looks weird, but then we didn’t look like anything 55 million years ago!
Woolly Rhinoceros Got Left Out in the Cold
The woolly rhino is proof that a hairy coat, massive build, and impressive horns don’t make you invincible.
The Abdication of Simbakubwa
Fellow creatures of the Miocene. It is with great regret I announce my abdication from the role of “largest carnivorous …
Was Patagotitan Boosted by Flower Power?
In Hollywood, skyscraper-sized reptiles flail around like toddlers and massive robots backflip before landing in a kung fu stance. Meanwhile, …
All Irritator Needs is a Base and a Super-Weapon
It might sound like an annoying sidekick, but Irritator has the backstory of a super-villain. Back when South America and …
Dickinsonia Remembers that Golden Age When Everything Was Great
In my time, the Earth and everything on it was perfect. Well I think so. My equivalent of your rock …
Reasons Why Yesterday’s Camel Looks Bewildered
My mind cracked apart like the continents when I read camels were from North America. But the drooping, slightly disappointed …
The Xerces Blue is Not Impressed With You
If your species has a royal name, start looking over your shoulder. Named after the Persian kings of 5th Century …
Unescoceratops. Because “Dinosaur-Provincial-Park-a-Ceratops” Was Too Long
This little dino has a big name on its shoulders. Which is impressive since it doesn’t even have any. Well …
The Many Faces of Eoraptor, Dinosaur of the Moon
The “terrible reptiles” didn’t drop out of the sky, but one of the first was found in a lunar-like landscape. …
Why Amargasaurus is an 80s Rock God
It’s not just the punk-rocker neck spikes. Like many artists, Amargasaurus was discovered in the 80s but unappreciated for years. …
Teleoceras
We know what it looked like, what it ate, and maybe even how it lived. How did we find out? …
Queen of Sheba’s Gazelle
This is the second animal beginning with “Q” we’ve unknowingly annihilated. But if we couldn’t tell brown and white zebras …
Dawndraco
When Dawndraco soared the US skies 89 million years ago, the Western Interior Seaway had split the land in two. …
Xenotarsosaurus
Xenotarsosaurus was found in the 80s, so of course it had crazy keratin and (probably) outrageous colours.
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