Cool extinct lads

[Fallowfox]

Attaman's pointing out something interesting here that's true across the tree of life in general.

Often relatively depauperate groups of organisms today that are conservative in their ecology, like crocodiles, are the last surviving representatives of groups that were much more diverse in the past.

 

[The_biscuits_532]

Attaman's pointing out something interesting here that's true across the tree of life in general.

Often relatively depauperate groups of organisms today that are conservative in their ecology, like crocodiles, are the last surviving representatives of groups that were much more diverse in the past.

From what I remember, Crocodilians are also closer to birds than other Reptiles.

 

[Glossolalia]

I'm always blown away when I think about how aquatic mammals evolved. it's like their ancestors left the ocean, changed their mind, and walked right back in

 

[The_biscuits_532]

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I'm always blown away when I think about how aquatic mammals evolved. it's like their ancestors left the ocean, changed their mind, and walked right back in

Reject modernity
Embrace fishe

 

[Punji]

Tiktaalik roseae

A fish with a neck!

 

[The_biscuits_532]

The Issiore Lynx

Aka the grandparents

 

[Fallowfox]

@The_biscuits_532 He looks like he's realised he left the gas on.

 

[ManicTherapsid]

 

[The_biscuits_532]

That is quite possibly the most bizarre dinosaur face I've ever seen.

 

[Fallowfox]

That is quite possibly the most bizarre dinosaur face I've ever seen.

I think this is a type of therapsid. It's the first version of mammals nobody liked- so nature was sent away to have another go at it.

 

[ManicTherapsid]

I think this is a type of therapsid. It's the first version of mammals nobody liked- so nature was sent away to have another go at it.

Correct. From thr late-permian early-triassic. Somehow they not only survived the EPME but flourished during and after it. Wonder what killed it off. Maybe the dinosaurs?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...aurus-the-most-humble-badass-of-the-triassic/

 

[Keefur]

Megatherium aka Giant ground sloth.

 

[Fallowfox]

Correct. From thr late-permian early-triassic. Somehow they not only survived the EPME but flourished during and after it. Wonder what killed it off. Maybe the dinosaurs?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/...aurus-the-most-humble-badass-of-the-triassic/

They found a mirror. <3

 

[Kit H. Ruppell]

Heracles Inexpactacus, a meter tall parrot
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A meter-tall parrot sounds like an adorable squawky flap-fren, until you get to the bite force >_>

From what I remember, Crocodilians are also closer to birds than other Reptiles.

Yes, they're both archosaurs.

 

[Xitheon]

It's an obvious choice but I have a soft spot for the humble Dodo, proof that humans are genocidal halfwits.

 

[Simo]

These have always interested me:

 

[sleepy kitty]

Long boi is loooooong!

The diplodocus is one of my favorite dinosaurs. He's so... l o m g

 

[sleepy kitty]

The Carolina Parakeet. Once ranged from New York to the Gulf of Mexico and as far west to Colorado. The last known specimen died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918.

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I learned about this parrot years ago in History class. So heartbreaking that fashion meant more to people than this beautiful creature's presence on the Earth...

(Edit: for folks who don't know, they were driven to extinction because their feathers were used for hats)

 

[Rayd]

the actual fucking sea monster, livyatan

 

[Xitheon]

I learned about this parrot years ago in History class. So heartbreaking that fashion meant more to people than this beautiful creature's presence on the Earth...

(Edit: for folks who don't know, they were driven to extinction because their feathers were used for hats)

I was going to say that they were the only native North American parrot, but I did a quick fact check and apparently this handsome boi (thankfully still alive) shares that honour:

Thick-billed parrot - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Parrot are awesome.

The Spix's macaw was declared extinct in the wild in the year 2000 and only 160 or so remain in captivity.

They were the inspiration for the movies Rio and Rio 2.

 

[Netanye Dakabi]

These have always interested me:

"Giant Beaver"

...

 

[The_biscuits_532]

Leedsichthys - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Just found out about this big boye that makes the Megalodon look like a goldfish.

 

[FayeBunny]

Thylacoleo, the "marsupial lion" was not actually related to lions, but but sort of looks as if it were, if you ignore those really weird teeth. They were similar to thylacines, in terms of being predatory marsupials, but I have no idea if they were closely related. Thylacoleo went extinct long before thylacine did, but still existed at the same time as humans. Climate change is the primary reason believed to have caused their extinction.

 

[Netanye Dakabi]

The Spix's macaw was declared extinct in the wild in the year 2000 and only 160 or so remain in captivity.

They were the inspiration for the movies Rio and Rio 2.

Noooooooooooooooooooo...

 

[Xitheon]

Noooooooooooooooooooo...

They're trying to introduce them back into the wild and I think the population is stable. If I remember correctly, they were less than 100 a decade or so ago.

Still, it sucks. They're so beautiful and they deserve all the help they can get.