Deinotherium bozasi

Deinotherium bozasi (Arambourg, 1934)
Mammalia
Afrotheria
Paenungulata
Proboscidea
Deinotheriidae

Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene
Africa

Height: 5 m at the shoulder

Up until around a million years ago, our ancestors in Africa walked in the shadows of one of the largest land mammals of all time.

February 21st, 2015

Titanoboa cerrejonensis

Titanoboa cerrejonensis (Head et al., 2009)
Sauropsida
Diapsida
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Serpentes
Boidae
Boinae

Paleocene
Colombia

Length: 13 m

The largest snake of all time prowled the swamps of South America a mere 5 million years after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.

February 8th, 2015

Hatzegopteryx thambema

Hatzegopteryx thambema (Buffetaut, Grigorescu & Csiki, 2002)
Sauropsida
Diapsida
Archosauria
Avemetatarsalia
Pterosauria
Pterodactyloidea
Azhdarchoidea
Azhdarchidae

Late Cretaceous
Romania

Wingspan: 11 m

Standing as tall as a giraffe and tied with Quetzalcoatlus for being the largest flying animal ever, this giant of the skies towered above all other denizens of Hateg Island, an island of dwarf dinosaurs.

January 21st, 2015