Epidexipteryx is a small maniraptoran dinosaur believed to be from the middle Jurassic or upper Jurassic periods thought to have been found in China. The Epidexipteryx is a relatively recent discovery and currently only one single fossil of this elusive dinosaur has been found which is currently being held in IVPP (Institute of Vertebrate... 

The Troodon formosus was a small dinosaur, one that was considered a coelurosaurian, which is to say that it was a member of the same group of evolutionary animals that today’s birds belong to. Scientists have found fossilized remains that show them nesting parents and egg clutches and small infants in nests, so they were... 

The Irish Elk was the largest deer that ever lived. Its home was Eurasia, from Ireland into the lakes at Baikal, and it lived during the Pleistocen area. The last of the giant deer died out about 7 thousand years ago. Irish Elk The Irish Elk was not strictly Irish in nature, and lived in many other places too. It also was not related... 

The Velociraptor was a very fast moving biped dinosaur. It was a meat eater, who could, according to scientists, outrun anything it came near. The Velociraptor had over eighty very thin and sharp curved teeth, which were well over an inch long. Velociraptor Its neck was shaped like an s, curved forward and the arms ended in huge... 

Allosaurus was a large carnivorous biped of the dinosaur era, which had a very large head, which was balanced only by his very long, very heavy tail. In what is now the United States, Allosaurus was the largest common predator dinosaur. It lived about 100 million years ago, in the Jurassic period of Earth, sharing the land with Diplodocus,... 

Ages ago in the spring time of the earth species that were unlike anything we know today wandered across the countries and owned everything they saw. Triceratops was one of those species. It lived in what is now Canada, Mexico and the United States. Triceratops Triceratops was an herbivore, which means that it liked plants and flowers.... 

At the end of the last ice age, two different types of cats were living in the Midwest areas of the United States. The first was the old favorite, saber tooth tiger, whose real name was Smilodon. He had extremely large canine teeth which you usually think about with the sabertooth. Saber Tooth His canine teeth could be up to 8... 

Megalodon was a dino shark. That is to say that Megalodon was an ancient shark who lived many thousands of years ago. Scientists can’t seem to agree on its size but it was determined that it would have been between 40 feet and 100 feet long, possibly even more. The smallest size they estimate it to be is at least two times larger... 

At thirty feet long and fourteen feet tall the Stegosaurus is one of the most easily recognizable dinosaurs, particularly today, after the plethora of dino pictures. The Stegosaurus had a very unique row of plate, or ridges that rose from his back in two separate rows, and long spikes at the end of his tail. He was an herbivore,... 

The Giant Short Faced Bear is believed to be the largest bear that ever existed. It would have toad about 5 feet tall at the shoulder and been the proud possessor of the strongest most powerful jaws that had ever been seen. Giant Short Faced Bear Frightening to say the very least. IT would be about 9 or ten feet when standing on... 

Dwarf elephants were prehistoric elephants, which lives in the Pleistocene period of history. They were members of a family of animals which had evolved to about a tenth of the size of elephants today they lived in many areas of the world including what are now called the Channel Islands of California. They are considered to be... 

Quetzalcoatlus (named for the Aztec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl) was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Campanian–Maastrichtian stages, 84–65 ma), and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a group of advanced toothless pterosaurs.Discovery... 

A mammoth is any of a number of an extinct genus ofproboscidean (of which the elephant remains), often with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived from the Pliocene epoch from 4.8 million years ago to around 3,500 years ago. The word mammoth comes from the Russian мамонт mamont, probably... 

Tyrannosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is one of the dinosaurs most often featured in popular culture around the world. It hails from what is now western North America. Some scientists consider Tarbosaurus bataar from Asia to represent a second species...