Dinosaurs

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    1. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Ambulocetus

      Read about this extinct species, the ambulocetus natans, which resembles a giant hairy crocodile and is thought to be an ancestor of the whale. See a computer rendering.
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      Read about this extinct species, the ambulocetus natans, which resembles a giant hairy crocodile and is thought to be an ancestor of the whale. See a computer rendering.

    2. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - American Mastodon

      Offers a guide to what this extinct animal would have been like. Find out about the behavior of the mammut americanum, which is though to be a relative of the elephant.
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      Offers a guide to what this extinct animal would have been like. Find out about the behavior of the mammut americanum, which is though to be a relative of the elephant.

    3. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - American Scimitar

      Discover this saber-toothed cat, the homotherium serum, which rose to prominence during the ice-age, but is now extinct. See a computer-generated depiction of the cat.
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      Discover this saber-toothed cat, the homotherium serum, which rose to prominence during the ice-age, but is now extinct. See a computer-generated depiction of the cat.

    4. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Ancylotherium

      Offers a guide to what this extinct animal, the ancylotherium hennigi, would have been like. Learn more about this creature who's closest relatives are tapir and rhinos.
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      Offers a guide to what this extinct animal, the ancylotherium hennigi, would have been like. Learn more about this creature who's closest relatives are tapir and rhinos.

    5. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Andrewsarchus

      Guide to the long-extinct andrewsarchus mongoliensis which is thought to be the largest carnivorous land mammal ever. See a computer drawring of the creature.
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      Guide to the long-extinct andrewsarchus mongoliensis which is thought to be the largest carnivorous land mammal ever. See a computer drawring of the creature.

    6. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Apidium

      Contains a profile of the apidium moustafai, an extinct primate, who's closest modern relative is though to be the monkey. See a computer-generated image of the creature.
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      Contains a profile of the apidium moustafai, an extinct primate, who's closest modern relative is though to be the monkey. See a computer-generated image of the creature.

    7. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Aurochs, Wild Ox, Wild Cattle, Giant Ox

      Learn about the long-extinct bos primigenius, which is thought to be the ancestor of the European breeds of domestic cattle. View a full profile of this creature.
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      Learn about the long-extinct bos primigenius, which is thought to be the ancestor of the European breeds of domestic cattle. View a full profile of this creature.

    8. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Australopithecus

      Learn about these long-extinct primates, the australopithecus afarensis, which existed on the earth over three million years ago. See a computer drawing of the creature.
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      Learn about these long-extinct primates, the australopithecus afarensis, which existed on the earth over three million years ago. See a computer drawing of the creature.

    9. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Basilosaurus

      Learn about this recently-extinct whale who's Latin name, basilosaurus isis, literally means "king lizard". See a computer-rendering of what the creature looked like.
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      Learn about this recently-extinct whale who's Latin name, basilosaurus isis, literally means

    10. BBCi Nature Wildfacts - Bear-Dog, Amphicyonid

      Offers a profile of the life of this extinct animal, the Cynodictis spp., which lived on the earth over nine million years ago and is related to both dogs and bears.
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      Offers a profile of the life of this extinct animal, the Cynodictis spp., which lived on the earth over nine million years ago and is related to both dogs and bears.

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