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Triceratops is famous for its spectacular horns and frills. Its name means “three horned face.” This huge herbivore lived 66 million years ago until the cataclysmic extinction that ended the dinosaur age. Its predators included T. rex.

Pteranodon flew over the shallow seas hunting fish 70 to 65 million years ago. This remarkable reptile was well adapted for fishing with its 30-foot wingspan, long toothless jaw and streamlined skull ideal for diving into the water. Its triangular skull crest pointed backwards and its wings were formed by skin stretched over elongated fingers….

Tyrannosaurus rex was 40-feet long and weighed 16,000 pounds. T. rex had giant jaws packed with 60 teeth and a skull built to withstand massive forces that built up when biting through bones. The fossilized remains of T. rex fill our imaginations with wonder.

Velociraptor was a small, aggressive predator that lived 83 to 70 million years ago. Although weighing in at only 30 pounds, velociraptor’s sharp claws, long hands and strong jaws made it one of the most effective hunters of the Cretaceous period. The name velociraptor means “fast hunter.”

Of all the ice age megafauna, the woolly mammoth is the superstar and perhaps the best studied. Mammoths lived side-by-side with our human ancestors and, as the subject of prehistoric cave paintings found in Europe, we really saw how they looked. Mammoths existed for over 1 million years during the Quaternary period, which includes the…