Fossils are the remains of ancient creatures in rocks that have become fossils over the years. The study of fossils helps to understand the evolution of living things, as well as to understand what special creatures have appeared on Earth during various geological periods. Here's an inventory of the ten strangest fossils found to date.
< h1 align="left" > the jaws of the prehistoric megalodon shark</h1>
Compared to the prehistoric megalodon, the shark in the movie Jaws is like a small fish. This giant shark jaw comes from the megalodon shark, the largest carnivorous animal on Earth. It is 16 meters long and weighs 100 tons. There is no doubt that megalodons are the true overlords of the ocean. The late fossil collector Vito Betusi found the fragments in a river in South Carolina, and it took him about 20 years to piece together the huge jaws. It is by far the largest jaw, 3.35 meters wide and 2.74 meters high. The jaw consists of 182 teeth, some of which are nearly 18 centimeters long.
< h1 align="left" > 30 kg rhino skull</h1>
Only 2% of fossils are found in volcanic rocks, because the heat burns everything to ashes, and mammal fossils are even rarer. Archaeologists have found fossils of a 30-kilogram rhinoceros skull and jaw in Cappadocia, central Turkey, from a giant two-horned rhinoceros, the rhinoceros. It was a common animal in the eastern Mediterranean in the Middle Ages. This ancient rhinoceros died in an eruption 9.2 million years ago.
< h1 align="left" > 100 million years of spider hunting fossils</h1>
100 million years ago, a spider was attacking prey trapped in a spider's web. Suddenly, a drop of resin dripped down from the tree, wrapping it up and slowly forming an amber color. This is the only fossil found to date of a spider attacking prey. This spider lived in the Hukang River Valley of Early Cretaceous Burma 97 million to 110 million years ago.
< h1 align="left" > fossil giant penguin</h1>
The Inca penguin, an ancient unknown giant penguin, was found in a formation in Peru 36 million years ago. Compared to their close relatives, Inca penguins weigh 54-59 kg, twice as much as emperor penguins. It also has a long mouth that is used to fish in the ancient ocean near the equator.
< h1 align="left" > giant ant fossils</h1>
Based on the ant fossils they found, paleontologists described and named a species called giant ants. This giant ant lived in the Eocene and has a history of about 50 million years. It is over 5 cm long and is comparable in size to a hummingbird. Now, only one species of ant, the giant queen, that lives in tropical Africa can compare with it. The study of giant ants will help us better understand the impact of rising temperatures on biological distribution 50 million years ago.
< h1 align="left" > extinct whale fossils</h1>
At low tide off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, a group of surfers has made an amazing discovery. At first they thought it was a dinosaur fossil, but oceanographers at the University of California say the fossil may belong to an extinct whale species living in the Pliocene.
< h1 align="left" > fossil of a "saber-toothed squirrel"</h1>
The "saber-toothed squirrel" is a mammal that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs more than 100 million years ago. The fossil discovery of this animal in Argentina is significant because it fills a gap in the history of 60 million years of unknown mammals living in South America at the end of the Cretaceous Period. According to the fossils, the small animal may have been only 15 centimeters long, with large eyes, a long mouth and nose, and sharp teeth, about a fifth the length of its head. Scientists believe that despite their similar size, saber-toothed squirrels may have lived more like today's marsupials.
< h1 align="left" > prehistoric worm fossils</h1>
This fossil worm, known as the "Spartobranchus tenuis", was found in the Burgess Shale Fossil Group in Jojo National Park, Canada. Its discovery fills an "important missing link" in the evolutionary history of marine life. The significance of this fossil group is important for understanding the early evolution of life during the Cambrian explosion that began about 542 million years ago.
<h1 align="left" > perfect fossil of cannabis yellow</h1>
This ephedra has been preserved for more than 300 million years and contains some of the secrets of the Carboniferous Period. Ephedra is a primitive vascular plant commonly found in coal seams.
< h1 align="left" > baby dinosaur fossils</h1>
A few years ago, American paleontologists reported that they had found a nest in Mongolia consisting of 15 juvenile protocerapidosaurs. Through the analysis of this 70 million-year-old nest, it was found that 15 juveniles (at least 10 of which were well preserved) were basically the same size and had the same growth and development status, indicating that they were the same litter of juveniles. The findings also suggest that young dragons need to stay in the nest for a long time after birth.