Top 20 terrifying monsters of prehistory:
1 Mosasaurus
The Mosasaurus was the main predator of the Mesozoic oceans, is the bigger. terrifying existence in "Jurassic Park", there is no creature that she cannot eat in one bite. Although mosasaurs are a group of carnivorous marine reptiles, they can actually live on land and are amphibian dinosaurs. Although Mosasaurus is not the largest dinosaur in the world, it is the most legendary.
2. Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus is an extremely scary looking fish. It lived in the Devonian period of ancient times and its body length is about 11 meters and weighs up to 6 tons. , it is considered the largest marine predator of the mud tank period and the largest carnivorous bony fish. According to the results of relevant research carried out by archaeologists and zoologists, Dunkleosteus could be considered the leader of the underwater world at that time.
3. Megalodon
The megalodon is perhaps the creature with the strongest biting force found in Earth's history. The average bite force is estimated at 28 tonnes, and the maximum. the bite force can reach 36 tons. Its mouth bite force exceeds that of Tyrannosaurus rex and it can easily crush the ribs of whales. Living from the end of the Oligocene, 15 million years ago, to the beginning of the Pleistocene, 2.6 million years ago, they were the main marine predators of their lifetime. They are hailed by many paleontologists as one of the ten greatest lords of the oceans of prehistory.
4. Basilosaurus Isis
Basilosaurus Isis is a type of Basilosaurus. When it was first discovered, it was mistaken for a large reptile, which is why it was named emperor lizard. Basilosaurus Isis is the une of the two species of whales discovered for the first time in the Valley of the Whales in Egypt. The Valley of the Whales was a shoal 36 million years ago, and whales often swam close to the shore. Basilosaurus Isis fossils have also been discovered in Africa, Europe and North America.
5. Melville's whale
Melville's whale is a sperm whale with a total length of 18 meters, and its teeth alone measure 35 centimeters. The shark is an appetizer in its mouth. dishes. They lived mainly in the Miocene, 12 to 13 million years ago, and were then the absolute lords of the ocean.
6. Giganotosaurus
The largest individual of Giganotosaurus is 13.8 meters long, with a hip height of 4 meters, a total height of approximately 4.2 meters, and a weight of 10.52 tons. The length of its skull is 175 centimeters, it is much smaller than the largest dinosaur in history,the Seismosaurus! The long, narrow mouth has a set of very sharp but fine teeth. It has terrible bite force and very fast tearing speed, as well as fine teeth as sharp as table knives. It walks on two short legs.
7. Prussian crocodile
The largest individual of Prussian crocodile can reach 11.5 meters in length, weigh 2 to 5.5 tons, have a body width of almost 1.8 meters and a skull length of 2000 mm. Above, it is larger than the Mesozoic Deinosuchus and is the second largest crocodile in history. The largest prehistoric crocodile, Emperorsuchus, was 13 meters long. The Prussian crocodile has a fat body, and behind it is a large, thick and long tail. There are hard bones on the back and tail of the Prussian crocodile, which protect its back like armor.
8. Pliosaurs
Pliosaurs lived mainly at the end of the Jurassic. Hes are a large extinct marine reptile and a species of large carnivorous dinosaurs that preyed on other fish and other. dinosaurs in the ocean. Pliosaurs are at the top of the oceanic food chain and are the undisputed lord of the ocean. It is known as the most terrifying animal in prehistory. he was appointed.
9. Cerrejon Titanoboa
Cerrejon Titanoboa is a large snake that lived in the Paleocene after the extinction of the dinosaurs. It is estimated that the longest snake can reach 15 m in length. It is the longest snake reptile ever seen in history. In the game, Titanoboa likes to live in caves, but in fact Titanoboa prefers to live in water, and recent research shows that Titanoboa should prefer to prey on fish in water.
10. Emperor Crocodile
Although dinosaurs once ruled the earth, at that time there were terrifying creatures that even dinosaurscould not resist. The maximum length of Crocodylus was 13 meters and its weight was 4.5 tonnes, almost as long as Titanoboa, the largest snake in prehistory. However, no complete skeleton of Emperorsuchus has been found so far, so its size has been extrapolated.
11. Ancient centipede
During the Carboniferous period, there was a kind of huge centipede on earth. They could reach 8.6 feet (about 2.59 meters) in length and looked similar. Modern centipedes are very similar, but are very large. Fortunately, this ancient centipede became extinct during the Permian period 300 million years ago, otherwise ordinary animals would be no match.
12. Overlord Salamander
Overlord Salamander lived over 200 million years ago when dinosaurs were just emerging. At that time, it was a very terrifying predator on land, standing upright. to the somits from the food chain. Existence at the top, like today's salamanders, likes dark and damp places, that is, even dinosaurs have to worry about this monster when drinking water by the river. .
13. Haast's Eagle
The Haast's Eagle is also the largest eagle ever to appear on earth. It is 1.5 meters long and only 1 meter high when standing. 2.6 to 3.5 meters and its weight is 10 to 18 kilograms. They often hunt and kill moa for food. After humans arrived in New Zealand, moa numbers declined due to large-scale hunting by humans. As a result, Haast's eagles were starved because they could not find enough food. , they gradually headed towards extinction.
14. Gigantopithecus
Thanks to Gigantopithecus fossils, scientists have discovered that this ape is perhaps the largest ape in the world.de, similar to the current orangutan, but smaller in size. a huge difference. The height of the ancient giant ape is more than 3 meters, which is higher than that of the ancient giant ape.The tallest man in history, Robert Pershing Wadlow (2.72 meters), is even bigger and weighs 1,200 pounds.
15. The Brutal Lion
The brutal lion, also known as the American lion, is one of the largest cats in history. It is the second largest among the many carnivores that lived on the North American continent during the Ice Age, and it is absolutely a giant among the cats of the Americas. We know that the largest lion in the world is the Barbary lion and its size is much larger than that of the Barbary lion.
16. Heterosmilodon
In 1981, two amateur paleontologists discovered a new prehistoric cat in Florida. After years of extensive research and the discovery of new skullss, famous saber-toothed animal expert Professor Larry Martin and his colleagues eventually determined that it was a new genus in the saber-toothed cat family and officially named it Exotica in 2000. Retranslated as heterosaber sabre-toothed tiger.
17. Giant Rhinoceros
This type of rhino and the rhino we see you now are actually the same ancestor. They both evolved from the same ancestor, but what are we going to talk about? about today The prehistoric giant rhino, the Tianshan paragliding rhino, is still very different from the rhino we see today. After all, it has evolved for so many years and is constantly changing with changes in the environment.
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Deroxianus
Deroxianus lived from the Middle Miocene to the early prehistoric Pleistocene millions of years ago and was a long-nosed creature. a branch with a particular morphologywhich differentiated during the evolution of the proboscis, is today extinct.
Like other proboscideans, Deinophorus also experienced a blank evolutionary period at the beginning of the Miocene Epoch, they were already quite specialized species, and from then until the Pleistocene era, they are finally here. There was almost no change in shape, except for the increase in body and trunk size.
19. Spinosaurus
In the age of prehistoric dinosaurs, there were many large dinosaurs, and they were usually huge and powerful. Among the many dinosaurs, there are two that are equivalent to kings. One is Tyrannosaurus rex and the other is Spinosaurus. Their size and combat power are not comparable to ordinary dinosaurs. They are both carnivorous dinosaurs with terrifying predatory abilities.
20. Anomalocaris
As the greatest animaThe currently known Cambrian, Anomalocaris is considered the first top predator of the Phanerozoic marine ecosystem. It has a magnificent large caudal fan and a pair of long-tailed forks. Although he is not good at walking, he can swim very fast. It has a huge mouth of 25 centimeters and can hunt any animal at that time. It is a very powerful carnivore.