/r/Naturewasmetal

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A collection of dinosaurs and other awesome creatures that are now extinct.

Post cool pictures of extinct animals including artist impressions. Anything goes from plants to animals to bacteria and viruses.

Rules

1. Not extinct.

Content posted here should involve some form of life which no longer exists.

2. Not metal.

Flowery, fluffy and otherwise beautiful content will be removed.

3. Reposts.

Any content resubmitted within 60 days will be removed. This includes different pictures of the same content such as museum displays.

4. Politics.

No politics, race, nationality, religion, gender, or similar topics of human conceit. We are here for the awesomeness of nature. These topics will be removed.

5. Shitposts.

Shitposting gets you ripped in half by a pair of t-rexes.

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The Two Species of Tupandactylus

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2024/12/17
00:32 UTC

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While sebecid "land crocodiles" are typically associated with South America, they also produced significant top order carnivores in the old world during the Eocene, such as Dentaneosuchus crassiporatus (by Armin Reindl)

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2024/12/15
16:17 UTC

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Sciurumimus hunting scorpion

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2024/12/15
16:02 UTC

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A belligerent Saurosuchus mauls a Herrerasaurus

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2024/12/15
16:01 UTC

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The peirosaurid crocodylomorph Caririsuchus attacking the coelurosaurid Aratasaurus in Early Cretaceous Brazil (by Maurilio Oliveira)

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2024/12/15
14:38 UTC

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Quetzalcoatlus Drawing

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2024/12/15
11:03 UTC

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The Pliocene Python Liasis dubudingala from Australia by hodarinundu

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2024/12/15
05:29 UTC

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Quetzalcoatlus The largest flying animal to ever live

That's a person for scale but it is heavily believed that they often scrapped with T-rex's and could've flown at up to 80mph

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2024/12/15
01:48 UTC

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Somewhere in Pleistocene South Africa, a quagga crosses a river in an attempt to rescue a foal caught by a leopard. Unfortunately, there's leopards in the water too... (Art by HodariNundu)

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2024/12/15
01:08 UTC

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Titanis walleri: the only North American terror bird (credit goes to Roman uchytel for the photo)

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2024/12/15
01:06 UTC

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Lateral views of Kabwe 1 (324,000-274,000 years old) and Jebel Irhoud-1 (318,000-254,000 years old)

Jebel Irhoud-1 (on the right), found at the archeological site of Jebel Irhoud, Morocco (North Africa) in 1961, is considered to be among the earliest dated fossil specimens attributed to Homo sapiens (the species that all modern day humans belong to). Kabwe 1 (on the left), found in Kabwe, Zambia (Southern Africa) in 1921, is the type specimen of Homo rhodesiensis, which was once believed to be directly ancestral to Homo sapiens, although the very close geological age of Kabwe 1 and Jebel Irhoud-1 has placed this into doubt among some researchers. There are, nonetheless, strong morphological similarities between Kabwe 1 and Jebel Irhoud-1. Jebel Irhoud-1 differs from modern humans and is more similar to Kabwe 1 in that it has a more elongated (rather than “globular”), egg-shaped brain case, a strongly developed occipital torus, and a prominent, unbroken supraorbital (brow) ridge. It differs from Kabwe 1 and is more similar to modern humans in that it has less mid-facial prognathism, a higher, rounder cranial vault with less post-orbital constriction, a smaller face, smaller supraorbital ridges, and more sharply angled zygomatics (cheek bones). Mandibular and dental remains from Jebel Irhoud (such as the lower jaw Jebel Irhoud-11), also show that there Jebel Irhoud-1 humans had dental (tooth) morphology more similar to modern humans and unlike Kabwe 1. Kabwe 1 has a cranial capacity that has been listed variously as 1,230 cc (cubic centimeters), 1,280 cc, and 1,300 cc. Jebel Irhoud 1 has a cranial capacity of 1,305 cc.

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2024/12/14
23:31 UTC

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(OC) Diamantofelis ferox hunting down a Prolibytherium.

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2024/12/14
20:57 UTC

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"Is That Me?" (Art by Vigo99)

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2024/12/14
14:37 UTC

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Megalodon 8 inch tooth discovered in private collections....

If true absolute monster..

12 Comments
2024/12/13
23:10 UTC

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Figured I’d add to the Kelenken pile!

Here’s my interpretation of Kelenken! This is a screenshot of a 3D model, in the video game Ark Survival Ascended (Kelenken is part of a mod, not the base game)

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2024/12/13
19:16 UTC

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Another still image of new sternes et al 25m otodus megalodon reconstruction

17 Comments
2024/12/13
18:53 UTC

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Energetic Dimetrodon

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2024/12/13
18:19 UTC

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Love seeing all the Kelenken posts! Here's mine - the Terror Bird of the Miocene stalking agouti

78 Comments
2024/12/13
16:42 UTC

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Some of the more giant flying animals of all time,, both alive & extinct including the two largest known flying birds, & how and if they soared

18 Comments
2024/12/13
13:39 UTC

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Guillotine of the Old Realm: Barinasuchus hunts a Kelenken (Art by Tupandactyl)

31 Comments
2024/12/12
10:10 UTC

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Behemotops by Joschua Knüppe

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2024/12/12
01:59 UTC

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Barbourofelis, a top predator of the Miocene, find themselves “defeated” by a crab-like crustacean (by Joschua Knüppe)

29 Comments
2024/12/11
12:06 UTC

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