Before the advent of Homo sapiens, there were already different kinds of creatures living on Earth, and most of them were extinct. With the help of modern science and technology, we have been able to discover some prehistoric animals that are more surprising than the animals in modern nature. From the terrible flying animal with wings on the hind legs to the flying animal as tall as the giraffe, through today's article, Xiaobian brought, 5 strange prehistoric creatures were discovered.
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Sarovirus was a very exotic animal with wings on its hind legs and lived in the middle of the Triassic. Its hind limbs are much longer than their forelimbs, and the wing membrane covers them. Imagine how terrifying it would be if a bat's legs were wrapped in it. So what if that's a lizard? Fossils of this animal have been found, and its skeleton is so well preserved that scientists have been able to reconstruct its body using science and technology. Only about 25 centimeters long, with small teeth and scales, the creature is able to slip from one tree to another, giving it a feeling somewhat similar to a honey bag shrew and a flying lizard.
Some scientists believe it evolved from strong climbers with strong backs, strong legs that allowed them to jump from one tree to another, and eventually it evolved wing membranes to make jumps easier. What the researchers can't understand is why the creature went extinct, after all, it already has legs and wings that allow it to glide better to avoid threats.
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A large reptile was a large reptile, and the spade scales were covered with armor-like scales, somewhat like crocodiles. They crawl on four legs, and their heavy shell protects them from harm like body armor. What is really strange about the spade scaled dragon is that its head is very small, only about 25 centimeters long, but its body length is up to 3 meters. That is, its head makes up less than 10% of its body. So it can look strange when it drags its bulky body around. " Spade " had no teeth in the front of its mouth , but had a beaked mouth that curved upwards. It uses a beak-like mouth to dig up plants, and its teeth are located in the posterior segment of the upper mouth, which is well suited for chewing hard vegetation. It is a herbivore that looks a bit like a slightly taller combination of crocodile and weasel.
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The Aeolian Pterodactyl was the largest flying animal ever recorded, dominating the skies of North America during the mid-to-late Cretaceous period. At this time, the land was home to dinosaur creatures such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. The Aeolian Pterodactyl was a very peculiar creature, about the height of a giraffe, with a rather long neck and a very large beak. The skull of the Aeolian pterosaur was not only large, but also very pointed, with a hard crest at the back, and often the neck and head looked funny. Compared to the rest of its body, its legs are long, but its wings are fairly short.
For a long time, researchers thought it resembled a modern scavenger, flying through the sky and landing as soon as they saw dinosaur carcasses on the ground to feast on them. However, recent studies have shown that they are actually more like modern storks, wandering around on land and then swallowing their prey in its entirety with its large mouth. Although it has no teeth, it can easily scoop up small dinosaurs and digest them.
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The Pakistani whale is the ancestor of modern whales, born in Pakistan about 50 million years ago. However, it doesn't look like a modern whale at all. In fact, The Pakistani whale is able to walk on land on all fours and is covered in hair, about the size of a wolf. As a carnivorous predator will eat fish and whatever meat it can eat. It also has characteristics very similar to those of modern whales, with dolphin science studies showing that the Pakistani whale has a unique whale skull shape, it also has ear bones similar to those of modern whales, and ankle bones found only in animals such as hippos. Its discovery suggests that the animal evolved from land to the ocean. But it's unclear exactly how they evolved.
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Allosaurus was a prehistoric reptile, but is often mistaken for a dinosaur, although it did look like some sort of miniature dinosaur monster, but even then it could reach up to 5 meters in length. It lived during the Permian period, 50 million years before the first dinosaurs evolved. It is actually a mammal-like reptile with a large sail on its back. This sail evolved into a temperature-regulating device that can be used to absorb precious sunlight during the day and dissipate excess heat at night
Curiously, paleontologist Edward Delyenk named it because of its different types of teeth, rather than taking advantage of the more pronounced features of the back sail. Its teeth include sharp canine teeth on the front of its nose, which are ideal for digging up fresh prey, while the back teeth grind hard muscles and bones. While their teeth are impressive, they are not at all comparable to the powerful teeth of dinosaurs.