What is your favorite ancient creature from any period in time?

[Blaise N]

Hey All,

I figured I’d post something everyone, both believers and non, could enjoy as a sort of share-chat. I don’t dwell on the age of the earth too often, but I cannot deny earths layers clearly and evidently present us with countless remains of astonishing beasts and animals that walked on our beloved planet. but to get to the point, if you could choose. All the way to the Archean Period to the Holocene(Now) what creature would you pick?

Mine personally Id pick either the Short-Faced bear, The Megatherium, or the Irish Elk. I can’t think of any others at the moment but I’ll update with responses!
Share away-

 

[AV1611VET]

Leviathan

 

[Astrid]

Hey All,

I figured I’d post something everyone, both believers and non, could enjoy as a sort of share-chat. I don’t dwell on the age of the earth too often, but I cannot deny earths layers clearly and evidently present us with countless remains of astonishing beasts and animals that walked on our beloved planet. but to get to the point, if you could choose. All the way to the Archean Period to the Holocene(Now) what creature would you pick?

Mine personally Id pick either the Short-Faced bear, The Megatherium, or the Irish Elk. I can’t think of any others at the moment but I’ll update with responses!
Share away-

Phytosaurs and archaeopteryx

 

[BCP1928]

Leviathan

What about Behemoth and Ziz?

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Those organisms that live around deep sea volcanoes.

 

[AV1611VET]

What about Behemoth and Ziz?

Nope -- leviathan.

 

[RileyG]

Loch Ness Monster AKA Nessie

in reality: the pterodactyl, even though some don't consider them "dinosaurs."

 

[RileyG]

Nope -- leviathan.

Some people interpret Job 40 as Biblical basis for Dinosaurs.

On the other hand-

As my Scripture professor told me, leviathan was basically God's pet

 

[Apple Sky]

Mine personally Id pick either the Short-Faced bear, The Megatherium, or the Irish Elk.

If it existed it would have been the unicorn.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Leviathan

Yeah, probably Leviathan, with Nammu/Tiamat being a close second.

 

[Larniavc]

Loch Ness Monster AKA Nessie

in reality: the pterodactyl, even though some don't consider them "dinosaurs."

They are not Dinosaurs. They are Pterosaurs. They are both in the clade Ornithodira but are not the same. Dinosaurs are have distinctive features of the skeleton like a window-like opening in the pelvis where the thigh bone connects. Pterosaurs don’t have this joint, and they have their own unique features such as extra-long fourth fingers that support their wings.

 

[RileyG]

They are not Dinosaurs. They are Pterosaurs. They are both in the clade Ornithodira but are not the same.

Thank you for the info!

 

[Sif]

Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), Smilodon fatalis (saber-tooth tiger), or Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)

 

[Larniavc]

Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), Smilodon fatalis (saber-tooth tiger), or Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)

Not a tiger.

 

[Sif]

Not a tiger.

True. Used an old name I remembered. Smilodon fatalis is not related to modern tigers.

 

[CobraClutch]

Clearly, Leviathan.
"Nothing on earth is its equal"!
Job 41:33

 

[Hvizsgyak]

I've always have been fascinated with the Triceratops (probably named something else now) and the Giant Ground Sloth but my favorite is the Dragonfly.

 

[Grafted In]

Tartagrades.