Extinct animals size

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Spinosaurus is the first known semi-aquatic dinosaur and it was among the the largest carnivorous dinosaurs. It has long arms with huge claws and unlike most other theropods, spinosaurus possessed a long, narrow, crocodile-like snout with conical non-serrated sharp teeth that were suitable to catch fish. Spinosaurus measured about 15–16 m (49–52 ft) and weighed about 6 - 8 tonnes or more.

Fossils have been found in Egypt and Morocco.




Ankylosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur.The largest known ankylosaurid, Ankylosaurus measured 6 - 8 m (19.7 - 26.2 feet) long and weighed in the neighborhood of 4 - 8 tonnes. It was a quadrupedal animal, with a broad robust body. It had a wide, low skull, with two horns pointing backwards from the back of the head, and two horns below these that pointed backwards and down.

Fossils have been found in North America.




Parasaurolophus is a hadrosaurid, part of a diverse family of dinosaurs known for their range of bizarre head adornments. It could grow about 30 - 33 feet long and weighs about 2.5 - 4 tonnes.

Fossils have been found in North America. (New Mexico, Alberta (Canada) and Utah)




Paraceratherium was among the largest land mammals along with some proboscideans. It is the tallest land mammal and weighs about 11 - 13 tonnes. Some large individuals could weigh upto 17 tonnes.

Fossils have been found across Eurasia (China, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Balkans.)




Edmontosaurus is the archetype of hadrosaurs. Edmontosaurus regalis is one of the largest hadrosaurids, measuring about 30 - 40 feet in length and weighed in the neighborhood of 4 to 7 tonnes. This dinosaur was so common that it has been nicknamed the cow of the Cretaceous.

Fossils have been found in North America. (Alberta (Canada), Alaska, Colorado) 




The Woolly rhinoceros is one of the few Ice Age mammals to be memorialized in cave paintings. It had a  height of upto 6.6 feet at the shoulders and a weight upto 2.7 tonnes or more. Thus it is comparable or slightly larger than the extant White rhinoceros.

Fossils have been found in Eurasia. (Russia, Asia, Europe).




Megaloceros is one of the largest deer that ever lived. The Irish elk stood about 2 - 2.1 m (6.6 - 6.9 ft) tall at the shoulders and weighed about 540–700 kg (1,190–1,543 lb). It carried the largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 3.65 m (12.0 ft) from tip to tip and weighing up to 40 kg (88 lb)). In body size, the Irish Elk tied with the extant Alaskan Moose as the third largest known deer.

Fossils have been found in Europe and Asia (Austria, Britain, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Siberia ) and Africa.