19 Fascinating Fossils From Pre-Historic Times

solidsnake4545 Published 11/26/2020 in wow

Fossils offer a fascinating window into the past.

Our planet is old AF, and there have been a lot of wild and wonderful creatures that have roamed its expanses over the millennia, from dinosaurs and giant turtles the size of a car to humanity's own prehistoric ancestors. Understanding how they lived and died can tell us a LOT about the history of the planet.

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1. The Absolutely Stunning Size Of This Argentinosaurus's Leg (And A Human For Scale)
2. This Fossil Of A Borealopelta Found At A Suncor Energy Oil Sands Mine Said To Be The Best-Preserved Dinosaur Fossil Of Its Size Ever Found
3. This Massive 8-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell Fossil That’s The Size Of A Car—Also, It Was A Species Of Battle Turtles!
4. This Edmontosaurus Mummy, Or AMNH 5060, The First Dinosaur Specimen Found To Include A Skeleton Encased Inside Skin Impressions
5. These Extinct Mollusks—Ammonites, Which Became Iridescent During Their Fossilization Process
6. The Altamura Man, A Fossil Considered One Of The Oldest Found Remains Of A Neanderthal Man By Being At Least 128,000 Years Old
7. Fossilized Crinoids That Ended Up Being The Inspiration For The Monsters Featured In The Horror Movie ‘Alien’
8. Whale Valley, Home To Hundreds Of Fossils Of Some Of The Earliest Forms Of Whales, All Pretty Intact
9. A 248-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of A Chaohusaurus Mother Giving Birth
10. This Mesmerizingly Opalized Tooth Of A Dinosaur Found In Lightning Ridge, Australia (Ca. 110M Years Ago)
11. A Not One, But Two-Headed Reptile From The Cretaceous Age Of China
12. The Largest Fossilized Human Feces Found On Earth So Far Named The Lloyds Bank Coprolite
13. A Velociraptor And A Protoceratops Fossilized Mid-Battle
14. This Fossilized Skin Impression Of The Hadrosaur Named 'Dakota'
15. The World’s First Complete T-Rex Skeleton That’s 67 Million Years Old
16. This Upright Fossil Tree Embedded In The Side Of A Cliff Formation
17. A Fossil Of A Prehistoric 68-Million-Year-Old Snake Curled Around Eggs And A Baby Dinosaur, Ready To Eat It (Fossil Top, Recreation Bottom)
18. This 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of Two Turtles ‘Caught In The Act,’ And The First Of Its Kind
19. Leonardo, The Fully Intact Mummified ‘Short-Crested Lizard’ Brachylophosaurus From 77 Million Years Ago

1. The Absolutely Stunning Size Of This Argentinosaurus's Leg (And A Human For Scale)
2. This Fossil Of A Borealopelta Found At A Suncor Energy Oil Sands Mine Said To Be The Best-Preserved Dinosaur Fossil Of Its Size Ever Found
3. This Massive 8-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell Fossil That’s The Size Of A Car—Also, It Was A Species Of Battle Turtles!
4. This Edmontosaurus Mummy, Or AMNH 5060, The First Dinosaur Specimen Found To Include A Skeleton Encased Inside Skin Impressions
5. These Extinct Mollusks—Ammonites, Which Became Iridescent During Their Fossilization Process
6. The Altamura Man, A Fossil Considered One Of The Oldest Found Remains Of A Neanderthal Man By Being At Least 128,000 Years Old
7. Fossilized Crinoids That Ended Up Being The Inspiration For The Monsters Featured In The Horror Movie ‘Alien’
8. Whale Valley, Home To Hundreds Of Fossils Of Some Of The Earliest Forms Of Whales, All Pretty Intact
9. A 248-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of A Chaohusaurus Mother Giving Birth
10. This Mesmerizingly Opalized Tooth Of A Dinosaur Found In Lightning Ridge, Australia (Ca. 110M Years Ago)
11. A Not One, But Two-Headed Reptile From The Cretaceous Age Of China
12. The Largest Fossilized Human Feces Found On Earth So Far Named The Lloyds Bank Coprolite
13. A Velociraptor And A Protoceratops Fossilized Mid-Battle
14. This Fossilized Skin Impression Of The Hadrosaur Named 'Dakota'
15. The World’s First Complete T-Rex Skeleton That’s 67 Million Years Old
16. This Upright Fossil Tree Embedded In The Side Of A Cliff Formation
17. A Fossil Of A Prehistoric 68-Million-Year-Old Snake Curled Around Eggs And A Baby Dinosaur, Ready To Eat It (Fossil Top, Recreation Bottom)
18. This 47-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of Two Turtles ‘Caught In The Act,’ And The First Of Its Kind
19. Leonardo, The Fully Intact Mummified ‘Short-Crested Lizard’ Brachylophosaurus From 77 Million Years Ago