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George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novel, alongside its movie adaptation (Game of Thrones), is full of beasts, bizarre creatures, and otherworldly animals.  The dire wolf is one of the most famous creatures from the HBO series.  The orphaned wolf cubs were adopted by each of the Stark children and became […]

Carnotaurus(“Meat-eating Bull”) T-Rex (“Tyrant Lizard”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: AllosauridaeSubfamily: AllosaurinaeGenus: AllosaurusSpecies: Allosaurus fragilis Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaFamily: TyrannosauridaeSubfamily: TyrannosaurinaeGenus: TyrannosaurusSpecies: Tyrannosaurus rex Size Height: 3-3.6 meters (10-12 feet)Length: 5.8-9 meters (19.2-30 feet)Weight: One metric ton (2,000 lbs) Height: 3 to 4 meters (12 – 13 feet)Length: 12

The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago kicked off the age of mammals.  Soon enough, several giant herbivorous mammals such as ground sloths, giant bison, horses, and mammoths emerged from smaller critter-like ancestors.  As the herbivores grew bigger, several carnivores also emerged to take advantage of the abundance of prey.  Some of them

Allosaurus (“Giant Southern Lizard”) T-Rex (“Tyrant Lizard”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: AllosauridaeSubfamily: AllosaurinaeGenus: AllosaurusSpecies: Allosaurus fragilis Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaFamily: TyrannosauridaeSubfamily: TyrannosaurinaeGenus: TyrannosaurusSpecies: Tyrannosaurus rex Size Height: 4-5 meters (13-16.4 feet)Length: 9.7 meters (32 feet)Weight:1.7-2.7 metric tons (1.9-2.5 short tons) Height: 3 to 4 meters (12 – 13

Megalodon (“Giant tooth”) Mosasaurus (“Meuse lizard”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ChondrichthyesOrder: LamniformesFamily: OtodontidaeGenus: OtodusSpecies: Otodus megalodon Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataSuperfamily: MosasauroideaFamily: MosasauridaeTribe: MosasauriniGenus: MosasaurusSpecies: Mosasaurus hoffmannii Size Height: N/ALength: 4.2–20.3 meters (47–67 feet)Weight: 65 metric tons (about 143,000 pounds) Height: N/A)Length: 12–18 meters (39–59 feet)Weight: 5–15 tons (11,000 – 33,000 lbs) Appearance

T-Rex (“Tyrant Lizard”) Spinosaurus (“Spine lizard”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: TyrannosauridaeSubfamily: TyrannosaurinaeGenus: TyrannosaurusSpecies: Tyrannosaurus rex Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: SpinosauridaeTribe: SpinosauriniGenus: SpinosaurusSpecies: Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Size Height: 3 to 4 meters (12 – 13 feet)Length: 12 to 15 meters (40 – 50 feet)Weight: 5 to 8 metric tons

Giganotosaurus “Giant Southern Lizard” T-Rex (“Tyrant Lizard”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: Dinosauria Clade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: CarcharodontosauridaeTribe: GiganotosauriniGenus: GiganotosaurusSpecies: Giganotosaurus carolinii Domain: EukaryotaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: TyrannosauridaeSubfamily: TyrannosaurinaeGenus: TyrannosaurusSpecies: Tyrannosaurus rex Size Height: 5 to 5.5 meters (16.6 to 18.3 ft.)Length: 13.7 meters (45 ft.)Weight:8 to 10 tons (8.8 to 11 short tons)

T-Rex (“Tyrant Lizard”) Triceratops (“Three-horned face”) Scientific classification Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: SaurischiaClade: TheropodaFamily: TyrannosauridaeSubfamily: TyrannosaurinaeGenus: TyrannosaurusSpecies: Tyrannosaurus rex Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClade: DinosauriaClade: OrnithischiaSuborder: CeratopsiaFamily: CeratopsidaeSubfamily: ChasmosaurinaeTribe: TriceratopsiniGenus: TriceratopsSpecies: Ceratops horridus Size Height: 3 to 4 meters (12 – 13 feet)Length: 12 to 15 meters (40 – 50 feet)Weight: 5 to 8 metric

Sixty-six million years ago, the last of the dinosaurs died off, bringing an end to the 140-million-year dominance that this fascinating group of reptiles enjoyed.  We only started learning about these animals in the 1800s.  But since the first dinosaur fossil was discovered, scientists have had numerous questions about them, like what they looked like,