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Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the last great carnivores of the dinosaur era, and one of the most fearsome predators to ever walk the earth.

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  • Play Animal Armageddon: Tyrannosaurus rex
    Tyrannosaurus rex

    Animal Armageddon (01:44)

    Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the last great carnivores of the dinosaur era, and one of the most fearsome predators to ever walk the earth.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Triceratops
    Triceratops

    Animal Armageddon (00:57)

    Triceratops, with its distinctive frills and horns, had one of the largest skulls of any land animal. It was a formidable match for Tyrannosaurus.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Dunkleosteus
    Dunkleosteus

    Animal Armageddon (01:40)

    Dunkleosteus was a giant, ancient fish that weighed as much as three elephants. Dunkleosteus had one of the most powerful bites ever recorded.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Troodon
    Troodon

    Animal Armageddon (00:43)

    Troodon is believed to have been one of the most intelligent dinosaurs, even more intelligent than mammals of the time period.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Eusthenopteron
    Eusthenopteron

    Animal Armageddon (01:43)

    Eusthenopteron, an ancient fish, was an agile predator with a nasty bite. Eusthenopteron had many unique features shared by the earliest land vertebrates.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Phobosuchus
    Phobosuchus

    Animal Armageddon (00:31)

    Phobosuchus was a prehistoric monster, the largest species of crocodile ever known to have walked the earth. Instead of zebras and wildebeest, it fed on dinosaurs.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Mosasaur
    Mosasaur

    Animal Armageddon (00:51)

    The Mosasaur, an ancestor of the modern-day snake, was a powerful swimmer that was well-adapted to living in warm seas.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Ichthyostega
    Ichthyostega

    Animal Armageddon (02:07)

    Ichthyostega: not quite fish and not quite amphibian. What exactly was this ancient creature? We do know that it had lungs, limbs and lived mostly on land.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Trilobite
    Trilobite

    Animal Armageddon (00:36)

    Trilobites, prehistoric relatives of today's ants, were industrious scavengers that kept ancient sea floors clean.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Materpiscis
    Materpiscis

    Animal Armageddon (01:33)

    Materpiscis, the "mother fish," is the first vertebrate in the fossil record known to give birth to live young.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Acanthodian
    Acanthodian

    Animal Armageddon (01:32)

    Acanthodian, a fish, is one of the first vertebrates with jaws. This revolutionary adaptation allows fish, a once-rare lifeform, to take over the planet.
  • Play Animal Armageddon: Astraspis
    Astraspis

    Animal Armageddon (01:40)

    Astraspis was one of only a few fish species prior to Earth's first mass extinction 450 million years ago. This tiny fish had something never before seen on Earth: a primitive backbone.
 

A deadly blast. Almost all life wiped out. And that's just the first mass extinction! Animal Armageddon brings to life ancient worlds and prehistoric creatures doomed to destruction.

 
 

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