OTHER EXTINCT ANIMALS

Some extinct animals are neither dinosaur nor mammal. Learn about trilobites and other extinct life in this section.

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The Ultimate Pterodactyl Quiz

In traditional scientific writing, as well as science fiction, pterodactyls were portrayed as ugly and evil, bat-like creatures. Yet new scientific evidence has unearthed some startling facts about pterodactyls. Turns out they may not have been as ugly or as evil as we once thought. Take this quiz to consider the pterodactyl in a new light.

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  • The Ultimate Pterodactyl Quiz
    The Ultimate Pterodactyl Quiz

    In traditional scientific writing, as well as science fiction, pterodactyls were portrayed as ugly and evil, bat-like creatures. Yet new scientific evidence has unearthed some startling facts about pterodactyls. Turns out they may not have been as ugly or as evil as we once thought. Take this quiz to consider the pterodactyl in a new light. See more »

  • Pterodactyls
    Pterodactyls

    Imagine that you're a pterodactyl, walking on a warm, sandy beach in the area that is now Wyoming, 90 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. Find out about these great extinct creatures that lived alongside dinosaurs. See more »

  • Pterosaur
    Pterosaur

    Pterosaur, any of more than 100 species of extinct flying reptiles. Each wing of a pterosaur consisted of a membrane of skin that extended from the side of the body to the tip of the elongated fourth digit of the forelimb. See more »

  • Aurochs
    Aurochs

    Aurochs, or Urus, an extinct ox that is believed to be the ancestor of domestic cattle. See more »

  • Prehistoric animal
    Prehistoric animal

    Prehistoric Animal, a popular term for any animal that lived in the remote past and is now extinct. See more »

  • Trilobite
    Trilobite

    Trilobite, an extinct marine invertebrate (animal without a backbone). Trilobites, which lived from about 600 million to 250 million years ago, are the earliest known arthropods (joint-legged animals, such as insects and lobsters). See more »

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