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Rabu, 08 Juni 2011

10 monsters who fortunately extinct!

1. Megalodon


Megalodon is a giant ancient shark species. Lived about 20 to 1.2 million years ago, this shark is larger than a cruiser. His name itself means "big tooth". These animals include sharks in the waters that seldom rise to the surface except to find prey. Issues that spread, though this shark has never been found alive, many of the scientists argue that this shark is still alive, and including living fossils. Descendants of this shark is a shark near white. 

2. Pliosaurus




Pliosaurus including the genus of an extinct marine reptile. Included in Pliosauridae family. It is a very large predator with its main food is fish, squid and other marine reptiles.
Pliosaurs haunt the world's oceans, attacked with intense power and speed. Short neck and large jaws, they are like a killing machine. Framework largest Pliosaur with extraordinary length, which is 52 meters, with a total length of head nearly 8 feet.


3. Gigantopithecus
Gigantopithecus is scary to stand up and roar loudly. They are the largest ape that ever lived. Gigantopithecus makes his home in the jungle foothills of China. Gigantopithecus lived in the mountains in China. Gigantopithecus lived in the late Tertiary period until the beginning of the Quaternary period. Gigantopithecus is estimated to have about 3 feet tall. Gigantopithecus eating bamboo and other plants.
Gigantopithecus was first discovered in 1935, when a German paleontologist who discovered the fossil tooth sold in Chinese drugstores. He knew that the teeth came from apes, which have not been identified. There is a theory that Gigantopithecus was still alive until now. Some people believe that this animal is a yeti or a snowman that he lived in the Himalayas.


4. Helicoprion
Helicoprion is a type of shark that lived about 300 years ago. In contrast to modern sharks, this shark has teeth circular saws are reminiscent of the round.
There is no definite location of the "tooth-round" that, considering that the "tooth-round" is the only recognizable fossils. Based on the reconstruction of the experts, until recently concluded that "gear-round" is located at the front of the lower jaw, which is used to dig.
One hypothesis says that the tooth will function to break down the shells of shellfish which is one of the food. In addition, there is also a hypothesis that says that these sharks often swim toward the collection of fish, and trap them in the jaw-jaw is sharp.


5. Gastornis

Gastornis which means "bird Gaston" is one type of bird can not fly that had become extinct. Before you found the fossil, the bird is known as Diatryma.
Gastornis has a beak that was amazing. Large with a slightly curved shape to the top. Part can be used as evidence that this bird belongs to the class of carnivores. In addition, his big feet can be included as other evidence.
 
 
  6. Dunkleosteus
 Unlike sharks, which have survived for more than 400 million years old, has a short-term Dunkleosteus than 50 million years. They can reach sizes up to 30 feet long and weighing more than 4 tons.
Because the body that are naturally formed as layers of steel, these animals can be categorized as relatively slow-moving animal. These animals are considered only stayed at the bottom of the ocean.
In addition to the teeth, the front jaw of the animal is shaped like a very sharp beak. This animal is an animal that has the most powerful bite than Pliocene shark Megalodon.


7. Titanboa
  Titanboa is a type of snake that lived about 58-60 million years ago. The experts concluded that the snake's body size is very unusual, with a maximum length of 12-15 meters, with a weight of 1135 kg, and a diameter of about 1 meter.

8. Orthocone
 



About 460 years ago, orthocone is the largest animal on earth and is a predator that terganas existing. These animals live a very long conical shell (kira2 11 m). Without fins or tail.
Orthocone move by way of pushing water toward the opposite direction to the destination. Vertical movement is done by controlling the amount of sea water that is in the shell.
Food from these animals are some anthropoda, such as sea scorpion.
 
9. Sabertooth
Sabertooth lived several million years ago when the earth was still diselumuti thick ice on the Ice Age. Type biggest sabertooth Smilodon, which is sized slightly smaller than the panther will however have a heavier weight is 440 lbs. Some of the Sabertooth can even grow until it reaches a length of 15 feet. The main food of this animal is mammoth, antelope, deer, and buffalo.
The most frightening of these animals is a very long fangs that can reach 28 cm. Some experts argue that the main strength of this animal rather than sits on bite force, but on the strength of neck muscles to tear its prey with its fangs in the prey. Sabertooth can open the jaws up to 120 degrees angle. Much larger than the lion which is only 65 degrees.


10. SuperCroc (Sarcosuchus)

SuperCroc is a type of crocodile that lived 112 million years ago. Was one of the largest crocodile species that ever existed. It has a body length of about 12 meters and weigh approximately 80-10 tons. Based on fossil evidence shows a that these animals live in Africa which in those days was still a tropical plains.
The eyes of these animals can rotate upward and has a function as a telescope. The experts argued that these animals spend a lot of time to hide in the water to wait for the manga.
His teeth are sharp and strong serves to grip and crush prey.
 
 

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