Wiki Prehistorica



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Welcome to the Wiki

A wiki in the making for 4.6 billion years

Welcome to Wiki Prehistorica, a wiki of all things prehistoric that anyone can edit. We have a total of 186 articles and 469 images since November 16, 2010.

What makes this wiki different from other prehistoric wikis is that this site covers all aspects of prehistory, from the animals and plants to the continents and oceans to extinction and evolution. With this aim we can build a respected resource for the ancient!

What is prehistory?

Prehistory is basically everything that happened on the planet before people started writing and recording. This spans a mind-boggling range of time, from the creation of the Earth to the last ice age, and everything in between.

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Featured Animal Glyptodon Glyptodon, meaning grooved or carved tooth, was a large, armoured mammal that looked a lot like an armadillo. It gave its name to the family of Glyptodonts. They lived during the Ice Ages, from about 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. Glyptodons looked similar to tortoises or armadillos, although they are only related to the latter. It had a shell composed of over 1000 scutes. Several Glyptodons appear in Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs...

Featured Plant Prototaxites Prototaxites was a mysterious organism that lived during the Silurian and Devonian. Fossils are remarkably treelike, and are only distinguishable under a microsope... Featured Other Pangaea Pangaea was the only landmass in existence during the Permian and Triassic periods. All the continents were combined into this one area and allowed animals like the dinosaurs to spread across the earth.

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News

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Wiki News

November 16, 2010 -- Styracosaurus Rider founds the wiki

January 16, 2011 -- After the departure of the other active users, Styracosaurus Rider starts a wiki redesign, which will promise new features and systems.

Prehistoric News -- Spring 2011

• A team of scientists are expecting to extract DNA from a mammoth carcass found preserved in Russia and are planning to clone it within the next 6 years. Could this be the cloning we've been waiting for?
• A new, near-complete titanosaur has been discovered in Brazil and its name is Tapuiasaurus macedoi. Its age is currently measured at around 125-112 mya.

Source: Prehistoric Times Magazine #97

New users!

This is a brand-new wiki, founded on November 16, 2010, and we are only just starting. If you like dinosaurs, volcanoes, or anything prehistoric, please make an account and help us out. Please check out the rules first, and then start editing!