Extinct Animals
Extinct Crocodile Kinds
The largest-known open-ocean crocodile was more than 20 feet (6 m) long and had a head the size of T. rex. Larger than modern saltwater crocodiles and even great white sharks, Plesiosuchus had flippers and a fish-like tail for swimming in the open ocean. We can only guess about the appearance of the teeth and jaws of the original created crocodile kinds.
So Many Mammoth Fossils
Varieties of fossilized mastodons, mammoths, and other elephants are widely distributed across North America and around the world. Fossilization in globe-encircling sediments laid down by water point to the catastrophe of Noah’s Flood. But—praise God—life’s deliverance from judgment encourages faith in the redeeming work of Jesus Christ!
Giant Fossil Bugs
The fossil record contains super-size versions of a number of creatures, including insects such as the giant dragonfly. Since no seagull-sized dragonflies fly the skies today, many wonder why they grew so large. The idea that gigantic varieties of creatures were stressed out of existence by climate changes in the wake of the global Flood is a biblically consistent explanation.
Extinct Animals Topics
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April 9, 2019 from Answers News
A recent journal article features the discovery of a fossil (MUSM 3580) touted as a “walking whale,” in the Pisco Basin, located in the desert of Peru.
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July 31, 2016 from Answers Magazine
What is the first animal at the bottom of the fossil record? Most people think it’s in the Cambrian, among the trilobites. Not so.
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Magazine Department ArticleGrounds for ReevaluationApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The fossil of a creature resembling a groundhog that lived during the time of dinosaurs has become an anomaly for evolutionists.
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Magazine Department ArticleI Must Go Down to the Seas AgainApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, whose discovery was hailed last November, is being hailed as an evolutionary link, but this characterization is premature.
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Magazine Department ArticleLook at the FishOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Creationists point out that shared biological structures are the common designs we would expect from our common Designer.
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Magazine Department ArticleFeet of ImaginationOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
“Little Foot” is an australopithecine (southern ape), the most complete specimen yet discovered, and some say the oldest.
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April 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
It’s an evolutionary icon, a supposed transitional form between two different kinds of animals. But the certainty about Archaeopteryx is now clouded by debate.
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In-Depth ArticleWhale Skull Equipped for Sonar Shows Echolocation Appears Abruptly in the Fossil RecordMarch 22, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Moby Dick’s ancient cousin was well-equipped with sonar for hunting and mapping the bottom of the sea.
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Did Archaeopteryx Evolve Flight and Then Get Grounded?Nov. 21, 2013 from News to Know
“Proto-bird” or transitional form? Archaeopteryx gets its walking papers at Los Angeles conference.
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April 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine
The largest-known open-ocean crocodile was more than 20 feet (6 m) long and had a head the size of T. rex.
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Extinct Marine Crocodiles Resemble Killer WhalesOct. 13, 2012 from News to Know
Extinct marine crocodiles resemble killer whales.
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Oct. 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine
What do physicists and paleontologists have in common? When discovering God’s complex design for trilobite eyes, expertise from both fields was required.
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Mysterious Whale Fossils Found in DesertNov. 26, 2011 from News to Know
Which whale of a tale is true?
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Ancient Whales and How Their Skulls Affected Directional HearingSept. 3, 2011 from News to Know
The whale evolutionary tale takes a new twist.
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Giant Bugs: Why They Once Roamed the EarthAug. 20, 2011 from News to Know
Did giant insects seek or shun a high oxygen atmosphere?
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Mosasaur: Lizard or Whale?Aug. 6, 2011 from News to Know
The mosasaur was a marine lizard, not a whale. But like the whale, evolutionists believe it started out—ancestrally speaking—without much in the way of swimming adaptations. Over 27 million years, researchers claim it evolved into such an excellent swimming predator that it ruled the seas.
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The World’s Largest Marsupial Found In QueenslandJuly 9, 2011 from News to Know
A nearly complete skeleton of the world’s biggest marsupial, the Diprotodon, was unearthed at Floraville Station in Queensland. This specimen, 6-½ feet tall and 11 feet long, is estimated to have weighed three tons.
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The Bunny KingMay 7, 2011 from News to Know
Once upon a time a rabbit king was buried on Minorca . . .
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Fossil with Crocodile and Cat TraitsAug. 7, 2010
Cats and crocodiles may appear about as different as two vertebrates can possibly be. But a fossil found in Tanzania has traits of both.
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Leviathan Found - According to Broad DefinitionJuly 3, 2010
Leviathan has at last been found—according to a broad definition of “Leviathan,” anyway.
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Jan. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Why do we find lots of trilobite tracks in lower rock layers, but we don’t find any trilobite fossils until higher up?
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Fossil Seal Walks InApril 25, 2009 from News to Know
“Evolution at [w]ork,” declares National Geographic News. “[T]he evolutionary evidence we have been lacking for so long,” reports BBC News. So just what is this new fossil?
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Fishy Old BrainsMarch 7, 2009 from News to Know
What’s so “remarkable” about the fossil preservation of a fish brain?
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The Web of Spider EvolutionJan. 3, 2009 from News to Know
What was once “the world’s oldest spider” is now just a primitive version of the “web-spinning modern spider,” BBC News reports.
Articles About Extinct Animals
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April 9, 2019 from Answers News
A recent journal article features the discovery of a fossil (MUSM 3580) touted as a “walking whale,” in the Pisco Basin, located in the desert of Peru.
-
July 31, 2016 from Answers Magazine
What is the first animal at the bottom of the fossil record? Most people think it’s in the Cambrian, among the trilobites. Not so.
-
Magazine Department ArticleGrounds for ReevaluationApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
The fossil of a creature resembling a groundhog that lived during the time of dinosaurs has become an anomaly for evolutionists.
-
Magazine Department ArticleI Must Go Down to the Seas AgainApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, whose discovery was hailed last November, is being hailed as an evolutionary link, but this characterization is premature.
-
Magazine Department ArticleLook at the FishOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Creationists point out that shared biological structures are the common designs we would expect from our common Designer.
-
Magazine Department ArticleFeet of ImaginationOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
“Little Foot” is an australopithecine (southern ape), the most complete specimen yet discovered, and some say the oldest.
-
April 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
It’s an evolutionary icon, a supposed transitional form between two different kinds of animals. But the certainty about Archaeopteryx is now clouded by debate.
-
In-Depth ArticleWhale Skull Equipped for Sonar Shows Echolocation Appears Abruptly in the Fossil RecordMarch 22, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Moby Dick’s ancient cousin was well-equipped with sonar for hunting and mapping the bottom of the sea.
-
Did Archaeopteryx Evolve Flight and Then Get Grounded?Nov. 21, 2013 from News to Know
“Proto-bird” or transitional form? Archaeopteryx gets its walking papers at Los Angeles conference.
-
April 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine
The largest-known open-ocean crocodile was more than 20 feet (6 m) long and had a head the size of T. rex.
-
Extinct Marine Crocodiles Resemble Killer WhalesOct. 13, 2012 from News to Know
Extinct marine crocodiles resemble killer whales.
-
Oct. 1, 2012 from Answers Magazine
What do physicists and paleontologists have in common? When discovering God’s complex design for trilobite eyes, expertise from both fields was required.
-
Mysterious Whale Fossils Found in DesertNov. 26, 2011 from News to Know
Which whale of a tale is true?
-
Ancient Whales and How Their Skulls Affected Directional HearingSept. 3, 2011 from News to Know
The whale evolutionary tale takes a new twist.
-
Giant Bugs: Why They Once Roamed the EarthAug. 20, 2011 from News to Know
Did giant insects seek or shun a high oxygen atmosphere?
-
Mosasaur: Lizard or Whale?Aug. 6, 2011 from News to Know
The mosasaur was a marine lizard, not a whale. But like the whale, evolutionists believe it started out—ancestrally speaking—without much in the way of swimming adaptations. Over 27 million years, researchers claim it evolved into such an excellent swimming predator that it ruled the seas.
-
The World’s Largest Marsupial Found In QueenslandJuly 9, 2011 from News to Know
A nearly complete skeleton of the world’s biggest marsupial, the Diprotodon, was unearthed at Floraville Station in Queensland. This specimen, 6-½ feet tall and 11 feet long, is estimated to have weighed three tons.
-
The Bunny KingMay 7, 2011 from News to Know
Once upon a time a rabbit king was buried on Minorca . . .
-
Fossil with Crocodile and Cat TraitsAug. 7, 2010
Cats and crocodiles may appear about as different as two vertebrates can possibly be. But a fossil found in Tanzania has traits of both.
-
Leviathan Found - According to Broad DefinitionJuly 3, 2010
Leviathan has at last been found—according to a broad definition of “Leviathan,” anyway.
-
Jan. 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Why do we find lots of trilobite tracks in lower rock layers, but we don’t find any trilobite fossils until higher up?
-
Fossil Seal Walks InApril 25, 2009 from News to Know
“Evolution at [w]ork,” declares National Geographic News. “[T]he evolutionary evidence we have been lacking for so long,” reports BBC News. So just what is this new fossil?
-
Fishy Old BrainsMarch 7, 2009 from News to Know
What’s so “remarkable” about the fossil preservation of a fish brain?
-
The Web of Spider EvolutionJan. 3, 2009 from News to Know
What was once “the world’s oldest spider” is now just a primitive version of the “web-spinning modern spider,” BBC News reports.
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