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Extinct Alphabet

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Letters for the Extinct series of the #AnimalAlphabets challenge on Twitter.

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U is for Udanoceratops

March 11, 2019

This was a large herbivorous dinosaur (estimated at about 4 m / 13 ft) with a parrot-like beak, a small frill on the skull, and no horns over the eyes or nose. It lived about 70-80 million years ago. This species belongs to a group in wh...

T is for Tyrannosaurus

February 28, 2019

Got back to the extinct animal alphabet.

S is for Smilodon

October 09, 2018

A new letter for the extinct #AnimalAlphabets. This one was about the saber-toothed cat, mostly known as the saber-toothed tiger.

R is for Rhynchosaurus

October 08, 2018

A new letter for the extinct #AnimalAlphabets challenge. This one was about a small reptile Rhynchosaurus that lived in Europe around 245 million years ago. They were about 0.5 m or 1.6 ft long, ate tough vegetation, and had a beak.

Q is for Quetzalcoatlus

September 24, 2018

A new letter for the #AnimalAlphabets challenge. This one was about one of the largest known flying animals, a pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus. They lived in North America about 68 million years ago. Their wingspan was about 11 m (36 ft).

P is for Paraphysornis

September 18, 2018

A new letter for the extinct #AnimalAlphabets challenge. This one was about a giant flightless predatory bird Paraphysornis, a species of "terror birds". Paraphysornis lived about 23 million years ago, and the hight to the head was about...

O is for Orohippus

September 10, 2018

A new letter for the Extinct #AnimalAlphabets challenge. This week's animal was Orohippus which is Greek for 'mountain horse'. They lived about 50 million years ago, probably looked like a horse or a donkey, had slim legs, and the bone s...