Top 10 Weirdest Prehistoric Creatures

Top 10 Weirdest Prehistoric Creatures

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[daidax_]

i honestly don't know if I'm sad or relieved by the fact that these things are extinct

[DanBeau]

No 1 is a pterodactyl that went "screw that I'm a giraffe"

[spicyguyofspice]

2:11 the funny thing is that the prehistoric pokemon anorith was based of anomalocaris!

[hentesgyik]

9:44 "This dinosaur"

DINOSAUR? DINOSAUR????!!!

YOU JUST SAID ITS A FOOK'N PTEROSAUR!

[braedyndyerTV]

I like that you guys mentioned Pokemon during number 9, since the Pokemon Anorith is based off of it :D

[Itriedtakennames]

The second one was called “abnormal shrimp” because the first pieces found were fossils of the m2 mouth parts, which look like shrimp. They later found a more complete fossil with the other 8 feet of weirdness attached.

[RazorRex]

7:29 Pterodaustro is a Pterosaur, not a Dinosaur!

[DeinoSarcosuchus]

I think it's a good thing that you've added Opabinia and Stethacanthus as 'buddies' for other creatures on this list. They are similar to the ones that are on the list, but still different enough that it would be a shame to let them go unmentioned.

[joehumpston]

I can name one that you missed! Back in the Ice Age, Australia had some of the strangest Mega-fauna ever, but few came close to Thylacoleo carnifex. Australia has never been home to any carnivorous big cats, but this predatory marsupial didn't get the message and there's no doubt that during the Pleistocene, it filled the slot pretty well. In fact, its name "Thylacoleo" literally means, marsupial lion.

[imperatorsreed]

Thank you for putting Prehistoric Park in there, it was my favorite show as a child, but Quetzalcoatlus was a pterosaur, not a dinosaur!

[ryudragon]

Dude, some of these creatures are the coolest things I have ever seen.

[tabcat]

9:14

That's silly. Greyhound buses don't have wings.

[Echoingdolphin]

when they said that spider thing grew to be 8 feet, i was like nope

[morgangobin]

I noticed a lot of these clips are from Prehistoric Park. Man, that brings back memories! I used to love that show as a kid! :D

[DalekTurtle]

We need more Nigel Marven and his adventures in prehistoric park.

[dariomasi]

STILL NO TOP 10 ROCKS FROM TV SHOWS
REALLY DISAPPOINTED WHATCHMOJO!

[alex_fictus]

I think thylacosmilus should have been at least an honorable mention. Like the smilodon, it had two large canines that protruded from its mouth, however, it had sheath-like structures for them in its lower jaw. It was also a marsupial!

[mitchellskene]

Nothronychus is my favorite weird extinct creature, but it was essentially an ancient relative, from across the Pacific, of therizinosaurus

[DeinoSarcosuchus]

By the way, if anyone is wondering why Therizinosaurus fossils have been mistaken to belong to a turtle;
The large claws were thought to be the turtle's ribs.

[cameronwiscovitch]

Heads up WatchMojo, Quetzalcoatlus and Pterosaustro weren't dinosaurs, they were pterosaurs, a separate group of reptiles. Just because something lived with the dinosaurs didn't mean it was a dinosaur.