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about 5 years ago by Franz Anthony

Ischioceratops, hornless “horned dinosaur” from China

In Late Cretaceous Asia and Western North America lived a group of smaller relatives of the horned dinosaurs, otherwise known as ceratopsians. Members of the primitive group of Leptoceratopsidae only grew to 2 m (6.5 ft) each, had no horns, and sported smaller frills than their better-known counterparts.
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about 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

Supersized crocs ruled the ancient seas

Around 120 million years ago, there lived a monstrous marine crocodile relative named Machimosaurus rex. Its massive jaws could crush turtle shells and it terrorized the warm seas that covered what are now the deserts of Tunisia.
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plants and animals
about 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

In memoriam: Top 10 recently extinct animals

They once shared our world, some as recently as a few years ago. From the lions that fought at the Colosseum to the blind dolphins of China, they were exceptional in life and remain iconic in death. They are the most memorable of all recently extinct animals.
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about 5 years ago by Julio Lacerda

Dance of the dinosaurs

Many species of birds today exhibit elaborate displays for attracting mates. We now have evidence that at least some of their long-dead relatives did the same.
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about 5 years ago by Vasika Udurawane

The menacing reign of the terror birds

Racing across the plains of Argentina were strange feathery shapes, taller than a man. They pecked their prey to death with hooked beaks mounted on heads as big as that of a horse’s. These were the terror birds, the dominant predators of their day and age.
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