PREHISTORIC CREATURES (NON-DINOSAUR)

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  Jul 29, 2022
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  A Bizarre Three-Eyed Fossil Brain Just Changed Our Understanding of Insect Evolution

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  Perched at over 1,500 meters above sea level, it is difficult to imagine a time when the mountainside Walcott Quarry in Canada – the first excavation …

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  Why Giant Prehistoric Insects Ruled Earth Before the Dinosaurs

  Popular Mechanics - Tim Newcomb

  Think: eight-foot-long millipedes and dragonflies with two-foot wingspans. ThePaleozoic Era (541 million years ago to 252 million years ago) featured enough atmospheric oxygen to support mega-sized superbugs. • The largest giant dragonfly, for instance, had a wingspan of up to 28 inches. • An oversized …

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  From the vault: What caused the Earth's first mass extinction?

  cosmosmagazine.com - Lauren Fuge

  Nearly 500 million years ago in the late Ordovician period, a mass extinction wiped out 85% of marine species. Scientists have now used modelling to …

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  'Lost extinction,' uncovered for the first time, claimed more than 60% of Africa's primates

  Live Science - By Mindy Weisberger

  The extinction snuffed out more than half of the species in five mammal groups. About 34 million years ago, a "lost extinction" in Africa wiped out …

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  Incredibly Ancient Tardigrade From 16 Million Years Ago Is Like A Ghost Across Time

  ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr

  A fossilized tardigrade found in Dominican amber constitutes a rare branch of the family tree for these weirdly indestructible beasties. The specimen …