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Biosphoto | 2478872 | T-rex head with open mouth, isolated on white background. | © Leonello Calvetti / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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T-rex head with open mouth, isolated on white background.
Biosphoto | 2479117 | Scutosaurus karpinskii in prehistoric waters. | © Yuriy Priymak / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Scutosaurus karpinskii in prehistoric waters.
Biosphoto | 2479126 | An armored Saichania ankylosaurid, white background. | © Yuriy Priymak / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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An armored Saichania ankylosaurid, white background.
Biosphoto | 2479052 | A seven ton Tyrannosaurus wanders a Cretaceous forest 68 million years ago in what is today the Western United States. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A seven ton Tyrannosaurus wanders a Cretaceous forest 68 million years ago in what is today the [...]
Biosphoto | 2479058 | An Elasmotherium grazes on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Characterized by a single massive horn (up to 6 feet long), Elasmotherium was a giant herbivorous mammal active in Eurasia about 3 million years ago. Related to modern rhinos, Elasmotherium was more massive, standing about 8 feet tall at the shoulder and up to 26 feet long and weighing over 3 tons. . . Elasmotherium should not be confused with the smaller and extinct woolly rhinoceros which emerged about 2 million years after the appearance of the first Elasmotherium. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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An Elasmotherium grazes on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Characterized by a [...]
Biosphoto | 2479076 | 8-inch-long jawless fish of the genus Doryaspis swim amongst a bed of Anthozoa of the order Actiniaria (AKA sea anemones) 410 million years ago in what is today the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Doryaspis (AKA Lyktaspis) was armored with bony spines and a long snout that had spines set along its length (somewhat like the saw of a modern sawfish). Doryaspis' mouth opened above, rather than below the snout, and is believed to have dined on plankton. However the snout may have been used to stir up small crustaceans from the mud or sand. . In addition to a variety of anemones are palm-like crinoids (class Crinoidea), pentagonal-shaped sea stars, nautilus-like ammonites, and squid-like nautiloid cephalopods of the genus Orthoceras. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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8-inch-long jawless fish of the genus Doryaspis swim amongst a bed of Anthozoa of the order [...]
Biosphoto | 2479082 | 20-foot-long, 1-ton mahajangasuchid crocodyliforms of the genus Kaprosuchus mill about at water's edge near a baobab tree 95 million years ago in what is today Africa. A distant relative of the crocodile, and somewhat larger than modern saltwater crocodiles, Kaprosuchus is notable for boar-like tusks that that project above and below its skull (lending it the nickname BoarCroc). With legs longer than modern crocodiles', Kaprosuchus may have roamed Africa's plains in search of prey which likely included dinosaurs. . Baobabs, trees of the genus Adansonia from the mallow family, are large, drought-resistant trees with very thick trunks (a much as 40 feet in diameter) and growing as tall as 100 feet. The thick trunks can store an enormous amount of water. Baobabs are deciduous, shedding their leaves during the dry season. . The ground foliage is made up of varieties of fern while the reed-like water plants are in fact horsetails. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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20-foot-long, 1-ton mahajangasuchid crocodyliforms of the genus Kaprosuchus mill about at water's [...]
Biosphoto | 1498306 | Archaeopteryx - fossil in Museum Solnhofen - Franconia - Germany | © Siepmann / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
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Archaeopteryx - fossil in Museum Solnhofen - Franconia - Germany
Biosphoto | 2443397 | Fossil Stromatolite - Conophytum basalticum - Cambrian - Australia - Katherine - Northern Territory | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Fossil Stromatolite - Conophytum basalticum - Cambrian - Australia - Katherine - Northern Territory
Biosphoto | 2495072 | Helminthoid flysch in Haute Ubaye. Helminthoid flysch is a turbidity that dates from the Upper Cretaceous, and shows sinuous traces associated with the movements of gastropods, which grazed the mud of the sea floor creating sinuous grooves. Haute Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France | © Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
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Helminthoid flysch in Haute Ubaye. Helminthoid flysch is a turbidity that dates from the Upper [...]
Biosphoto | 2572025 | The Petrified Forest National Park is home to thousands of fossilized tree trunks approximately 200 million years old (Triassic period). Arizona. USA. | © Antoine Lorgnier / Biosphoto
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The Petrified Forest National Park is home to thousands of fossilized tree trunks approximately 200 [...]
Biosphoto | 2011093 | Knowth passage tomb - Brú na Bóinne Ireland | © Mikel Bilbao / Visual and Written - Photo Collection / Biosphoto
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Knowth passage tomb - Brú na Bóinne Ireland
Biosphoto | 511984 | Prehistory - Skull | © Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
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Prehistory - Skull
Biosphoto | 1013797 | Rock carved with spirals Site of Newgrange Ireland | © Michel Gunther / Biosphoto
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Rock carved with spirals Site of Newgrange Ireland
Biosphoto | 182422 | Tuareg observing the fossil tooth of a Sarcosuchus Niger ; Research of the National Natural History Museum (MNHN)<br/>Site : Gadoufaoua | © Michel Gunther / Biosphoto
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Tuareg observing the fossil tooth of a Sarcosuchus Niger ; Research of the National Natural History [...]
Biosphoto | 237674 | Phareodus eating Knightia fossilized Lincoln County Wyoming | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Phareodus eating Knightia fossilized Lincoln County Wyoming
Biosphoto | 1219708 | Fossil Snake Caste from Eocene Wyoming USA ; Eocene - 50 million years old.<br>Specimen courtesy GeoDécor, Tucson, Arizona. | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Fossil Snake Caste from Eocene Wyoming USA ; Eocene - 50 million years old.
Specimen courtesy [...]
Biosphoto | 1899927 | Insect fossil nématocère in a piece of copal ; Origin: Colombia | © Benoît Personnaz / Biosphoto
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Insect fossil nématocère in a piece of copal ; Origin: Colombia
Biosphoto | 2065793 | Sauropod footprints in Plagne in the Jura , Ain, France . Footprints left by diplodocus (herbivorous sauropods) in the mud of a Jurassic lagoon and discovered in 2009; it is the wider footprints known world | © Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
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Sauropod footprints in Plagne in the Jura , Ain, France . Footprints left by diplodocus [...]
Biosphoto | 2443392 | Fossil Dragonfly - Cordulagomphus fenestratus - Lower Cretaceous - Brazil - 125 million years old - Araripe basin | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Fossil Dragonfly - Cordulagomphus fenestratus - Lower Cretaceous - Brazil - 125 million years old - [...]
Biosphoto | 2462001 | The Ammonite Slab in the rising sun in the rain. Over 320 square meters, there are more than 1550 ammonites of all sizes, the largest of which have a diameter of 70 cm! Main species: Coroniceras multicostatum (200 Ma), Digne Geological Reserve, Alpes de Haute Provence, France | © Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
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The Ammonite Slab in the rising sun in the rain. Over 320 square meters, there are more than 1550 [...]
Biosphoto | 2552330 | Fight scene between a plesiosaur and two small ichthyosaurs (literally Ôfish-reptileÕ in Greek). Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs were discovered in the early 19th century in England. The dinosaurs being still unknown, these monsters fascinated the general public. - Blouet brothers collection | © Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
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Fight scene between a plesiosaur and two small ichthyosaurs (literally Ôfish-reptileÕ in Greek). [...]
Biosphoto | 36628 | Sabre-toothed tiger skull (Smilodon californicus), Quaternary, USA | © Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
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Sabre-toothed tiger skull (Smilodon californicus), Quaternary, USA
Biosphoto | 93890 | Peintures rupestres de Lascaux avec course d'animaux France ; Site : Lascaux II (reproduction de la grotte initiale protégée) | © Jean-Michel Labat / Biosphoto
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Peintures rupestres de Lascaux avec course d'animaux France ; Site : Lascaux II (reproduction de la [...]
Biosphoto | 762633 | Squelette in the cave of Ekain in Cestona Spain ; Replica of the cave | © Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
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Squelette in the cave of Ekain in Cestona Spain ; Replica of the cave
Biosphoto | 762513 | Rock painting in the cave of Ekain in Cestona Spain ; Replica of the cave | © Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
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Rock painting in the cave of Ekain in Cestona Spain ; Replica of the cave
Biosphoto | 2478011 | Zhuchengtyrannus hunting a Sinoceratops. | © Mohamad Haghani / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Zhuchengtyrannus hunting a Sinoceratops.
Biosphoto | 1900400 | Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail Cederberg Mountains RSA | © Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
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Sevilla Bushman Rock Art Trail Cederberg Mountains RSA
Biosphoto | 2476569 | A gigantic Sarcosuchus has caught a Nigersaurus trying to cross the river. | © Jose Antonio Penas / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A gigantic Sarcosuchus has caught a Nigersaurus trying to cross the river.
Biosphoto | 2476571 | A Shastasaurus prepares to swallow a cephalopod. | © Jose Antonio Penas / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A Shastasaurus prepares to swallow a cephalopod.
Biosphoto | 2476617 | Flying pterodactyls searching for food. | © Kurt Miller / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Flying pterodactyls searching for food.
Biosphoto | 2477229 | Mamenchisaurus dinosaur, white background. | © Kostyantyn Ivanyshen / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Mamenchisaurus dinosaur, white background.
Biosphoto | 2477269 | Tyrannosaurus Rex, white background. | © Kostyantyn Ivanyshen / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Tyrannosaurus Rex, white background.
Biosphoto | 2477276 | Yangchuanosaurus, dinosaur, white background. | © Kostyantyn Ivanyshen / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Yangchuanosaurus, dinosaur, white background.
Biosphoto | 2477514 | A pack of carnivorous Dilophosaurus scavaging a free meal in the form of a dead sauropod dinosaur, which died of natural causes back in Earth's Jurassic Era. | © Mark Stevenson / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A pack of carnivorous Dilophosaurus scavaging a free meal in the form of a dead sauropod dinosaur, [...]
Biosphoto | 2477528 | A mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex meets its end, when the area its living in is hit by an intense earthquake and volcanic activity. | © Mark Stevenson / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex meets its end, when the area its living in is hit by an intense [...]
Biosphoto | 2477559 | A sail-backed Dimetrodon from Earth's Permian period of time. | © Mark Stevenson / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A sail-backed Dimetrodon from Earth's Permian period of time.
Biosphoto | 2477898 | An Orolotitan, a Corythosaurus and a Parasaurolphus duckbilled dinosaur during Earth's Cretaceous period. | © Mark Stevenson / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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An Orolotitan, a Corythosaurus and a Parasaurolphus duckbilled dinosaur during Earth's Cretaceous [...]
Biosphoto | 2478010 | Yi qi hunting flies. Yi is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of China. | © Mohamad Haghani / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Yi qi hunting flies. Yi is a genus of scansoriopterygid dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of China.
Biosphoto | 2478318 | Ambulocetus natans, whale ancestor, Eocene of Pakistan. | © Nobumichi Tamura / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Ambulocetus natans, whale ancestor, Eocene of Pakistan.
Biosphoto | 2478359 | Spiclypeus shipporum, Ceratopsian, Late Cretaceous of Montana. | © Nobumichi Tamura / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Spiclypeus shipporum, Ceratopsian, Late Cretaceous of Montana.
Biosphoto | 2478512 | Skorpiovenator bustingorryi is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period of Argentina (95 million years ago). It reached 9 meters (29.5 feet). | © Rodolfo Nogueira / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Skorpiovenator bustingorryi is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous [...]
Biosphoto | 2478527 | Elasmosaurus platyurus, a prehistoric dinosaur from the Cretaceous period. | © Sergey Krasovskiy / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Elasmosaurus platyurus, a prehistoric dinosaur from the Cretaceous period.
Biosphoto | 2478543 | A Prognathodon saturator swimming in prehistoric waters. | © Sergey Krasovskiy / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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A Prognathodon saturator swimming in prehistoric waters.
Biosphoto | 2478683 | Tupandactylus imperator, a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. | © Sergey Krasovskiy / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Tupandactylus imperator, a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil.
Biosphoto | 2478899 | 3D illustration of a woolly mammoth. Side view on black background with drop shadow. | © Leonello Calvetti / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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3D illustration of a woolly mammoth. Side view on black background with drop shadow.
Biosphoto | 2478970 | Presbyornis, an extinct genus of anseriform bird, also known as the flamingo-duck. | © Vitor Silva / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Presbyornis, an extinct genus of anseriform bird, also known as the flamingo-duck.
Biosphoto | 2478979 | An Anomalocaris explores a Middle Cambrian ocean floor about 500 million years ago. Growing to over three feet long, Anomalocaris is believed to have been a predator whose diet included trilobites. Anomalocaris may have also been one of the earliest arthropods. . . This image includes an Olenoides serratus trilobite and sponges genus Vauxia and Wapkia. The small, flower-like animals (yes, like the sponges they are rooted animals) are from the genus Dinomischus. Above and behind the Anomalocaris is an ancient jellyfish. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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An Anomalocaris explores a Middle Cambrian ocean floor about 500 million years ago. Growing to over [...]
Biosphoto | 2479018 | Artist's concept of primary marine predators that shared the ocean waters of the Western Interior Seaway of North America 75 million years ago. Left to right is a non-descript invertebrate pursued by a 4 foot long Enchodus, followed by a 17 foot long Dolichorhynchops, followed by a 55 foot long Mosasaur. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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Artist's concept of primary marine predators that shared the ocean waters of the Western Interior [...]
Biosphoto | 2479084 | An adult Paraceratherium (AKA Indricotherium and Baluchitherium) from 30 million years ago is compared to a modern adult White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The Paraceratherium is 18 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 40,000 pounds*, while the White Rhinoceros is 6 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 7,000 pounds. . Paraceratherium is the largest mammal known to have walked the Earth and are from an extinct family of hornless rhinoceroses that ranged across North America, Europe, and Asia from 60 to 20 million years ago. . * Values are estimates only based upon available paleontological data. | © Walter Myers / Stocktrek Images / Biosphoto
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An adult Paraceratherium (AKA Indricotherium and Baluchitherium) from 30 million years ago is [...]