New Knowledge Q&A | Animals Living in the Age of Dinosaurs?
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And there were many animals that lived with dinosaurs, at least the horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs and rabbits you see today, their ancestors all lived with dinosaurs (the earliest mammals appeared at the end of the Triassic to the Jurassic period).
Of course, this includes our ancestors too, but at that time, we looked a bit…
Purgatorius
Purgatorius
Purgatorius
And other animals that lived alongside dinosaurs, such as these two kinds.
True Thief (from the God, Fairy Beast from China's Jurassic period), 1.6 million years ago.
True Thief
Megaconus (Giant-toothed beast), which walked slowly rather than jumping, its name comes from its unique teeth. The fossil was unearthed from the volcanic ash in the Inner Mongolia freshwater lake, and is said to be a relative of mammals, but other characteristics are more common in reptiles.
Megaconus
Of course, besides these wonderful ancient animals, we also have some living fossils, such as this one—Monotreme is one of the oldest mammals.
Monotreme
North American Ground Squirrel, scientific name Didelphis virginiana, is one of the earliest marsupials.
North American Ground Squirrel
And this, more fierce than dinosaurs—Indian Walking Cat (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis). The Indian Walking Frog and dinosaurs coexisted for seventy million years, surviving from the famous disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs and entering its modern stage to the astonishment of scientists.
Indian Walking Cat
As for insects, let's not mention them, such as the invincible Little Strong, Oyster Shell is a species that appeared 3.5 million years ago in the Devonian period.
Oyster Shell
Wrinkled gill shark, probably lived in the Jurassic period (there are two estimates: 95 million years and 380 million years).
Wrinkled gill shark
Jurassic shrimp (Jurassic shrimp), with 10 legs, as the name suggests.
Jurassic shrimp
Nautilus, has survived for 50 million years.
Nautilus
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