Final Fantasy Bestiary: Prehistoric reptiles

PREHISTORIC REPTILES

...with or without a silent "P".

Allosaurus -- Lunarsaurus -- Pteranodon -- Pterosaur -- Tyrannosaurus -- Zombiesaurus

ALLOSAURUS

A carnivorous dinosaur that lived around 150 to 145 million years ago in the Late Jurassic period. It hunted large, herbivorous dinosaurs, which it kept hold of with its hooked claws - an important role in catching pray.

IMAGE: A computer-generated allosaurus from the TV documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs

LUNARSAURUS, ZOMBIESAURUS

TWo fictional dinosaurs with pretty mch slef explanatory names. The zombiesaurus is a zombie, while the lunarsaurus lives on the moon.

PTERANODON, PTEROSAUR

Pterosaurs were flying reptiles, the earliest of which lived around 230 million years ago in the Late Triassic period. The pteranodon is the second largest species of pterosaur discovered, the largest being the quetzalcoatlus (named after the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl).
Incredibly, cryptozoological studies suggest that pterosaurs may not be extinct. There were several sightings of in 1970's Texas, and the natives of Papua New Guinea speak of a similar creature, which they call a "ropen". Dr. Carl E. Baugh, director of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas, plans to launch an expedition to Papua New Guinea to find and capture a ropen, when sufficient funding is available.

IMAGE: A computer-generated pteranodon from the TV documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs

TYRANNOSAURUS

Tyrannosaurus is a genus that contains only one known animal, the tyrannosaurus rex, which lived around 66 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period. There's some debate as to whether it was a predetor or scavanger; evidence for the latter theory icludes the dinosaur's estimated running speed and easily broken teeth, but in popular imagination it was the definitely the former.

IMAGE: A computer-generated tyrannosaurus rex from the TV documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs

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