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Prototaxites
Prototaxites ("first yew") was a mysterious organism that lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods. Although it is not known for sure what type of organism it is, current opinion favors a fungal placement for -
Sanctacaris
Sanctacaris ("saintly crab") is a Middle Cambrian arthropod from the Burgess Shale. Specimens of Sanctacaris measure from 46 to 93 millimeters in length. Its head bears five pairs of grasping appendages and a sixth pair -
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus ("tyrant lizard" ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. It is popularly known by its full binomial name, Tyrannosaurus rex (which is often shortened to T. rex -
Tarbosaurus
Tarbosaurus (/ˌtɑːrbəˈsɔːrəs/ TAR-bə-SAWR-əs; meaning "alarming lizard") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have -
Spinosaurus
Spinosaurus (meaning "spine lizard" ) is a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Cretaceous Africa. It has become well known due to its size and recognizable shape. It lived near lakes and rivers. Several features make -
Velociraptor
Velociraptor ("swift thief" ) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The familiar "raptor" has become one of the most well-known dinosaurs in recent years. Fully grown -
List of Cambrian biota by phylum
This is a List of Cambrian species, ordered by supposed phylum. 78 species, not counting Nektaspida and Trilobita Acanthomeridion serratum, Alalcomenaeus, Almenia spinosa, Apiocephalus elegans, Branchiocaris yunnanensis, Canadaspis laevigata, Chengjiangocaris longiformis, Chuandianella ovata, Cindarella eucalla -
Wiki Prehistorica:Archived News
This page consists of news that has been removed from the main page. Wiki News[] November 16, 2010 -- Styracosaurus Rider founds the wiki, November 22, 2010 -- The wiki reaches its 20th article, Camelops., December 16 -
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus ("roof lizard" ) is a stegosaurid dinosaur from the Jurassic Period of North America. It is one of the most recognizable and well-known prehistoric animals. Stegosaurus was the largest of its family, measuring up -
Diplodocus
Diplodocus ("double beam" ) was a sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic Period of North America. It was named for its double-beamed chevron bones present on the ventral area of its tail. It -
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus ("parrot lizard") is a primitive ceratopsian dinosaur of Early Cretaceous Asia. The genus itself contains the most species of any known dinosaur genus. The different species of Psittacosaurus varied in size and some skeletal -
Styracosaurus
Styracosaurus ("spiked lizard" ) was a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It was distinguished by having a large, horned neck frill and one large horn on its nose. Styracosaurus was about 5.5 meters -
Triceratops
Triceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. It is one of the most well known of all dinosaurs. Triceratops was one of the largest ceratopsians, measuring up -
Pterodactylus
Pterodactylus was a pterosaur from Jurassic Europe. It was the first pterosaur to be identified and described. It is usually mistaken for a Pteranodon Pterodactylus is known from a number of specimens both complete and -
Pteranodon
Pteranodon ("toothless wing") is a genus of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. More fossil material from Pteranodon is known than from any other genus of pterosaur. As such, it is very well -
Wiki Prehistorica:About
The Wiki Prehistorica is a wiki about prehistory and paleontology that anyone can edit. Prehistory and paleontology is often thought to be a study of dinosaurs, and not much else. That isn't right. It -
Torosaurus
Torosaurus ("perforated lizard") was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Some paleontologists consider it to be a mature form of Triceratops. Torosaurus grew about 8,5 meters in length and may -
Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus ("deceptive lizard") was a sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic of North America. Due to its association with the now-redundant genus "Brontosaurus", it has become one of the most famous dinosaurs -
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that belonged to the order Pterosauria. They are unique has being the first group of vertebrates to evolve powered flight, existing from the late Triassic to the extinction at the end -
Iguanodon
Iguanodon was an ornithopod dinosaur of Early Cretaceous Europe. Normally, Iguanodon measured about 10 meters long (with some exceptional specimens reaching 13 meters long ) and weighed about 3.5 tons. As its name suggests, Iguanodon -
Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus ("near crested lizard" ) is a hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. Parasaurolophus is estimated to have grown to a length of 10 meters and weighed up to 2 -
Wiki Prehistorica
WHAT IS PREHISTORY? Prehistory refers to the period before written history. This is a gargantuan range of time spanning nearly 4.54 billion years, from the formation of the Earth to the first written -
Utahraptor
Utahraptor ("Utah thief") is a dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous of Utah. It is one of the largest known dromaeosaurs to have existed. The largest described specimens of Utahraptor, although incomplete, are estimated to -
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus ("broad lizard") is a sauropodomorph dinosaur of Late Triassic Europe. Plateosaurus is often known as a "prosauropod", although it is more correctly known as a form of basal sauropodomorph. It had a fairly typical -
Leedsichthys
Leedsichthys ("Leeds' fish") was a giant bony fish of the Middle Jurassic Period. Fossils of the genus are known from both Europe and South America. Many specimens of Leedsichthys exist, but they are all fragmentary
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