Top 10 Living Animals that Lived Long Before the Dinosaurs
These are the creatures have been around much longer than any dinosaur has. It has to be a animal that's still alive today so no extinct animals are allowed.The Top Ten
1 Shark
The tiger shark is a species of requiem shark and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo. It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over 5 m. Populations are found in many tropical and temperate waters, especially around central Pacific islands.
The tiger shark is a species of requiem shark and the only extant member of the genus Galeocerdo. It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over 5 m. Populations are found in many tropical and temperate waters, especially around central Pacific islands. Not just the first dinosaurs, but they've been around longer before the earth's first trees!
2 Jellyfish
They looked much the same as they do now.
3 Sponge
4 Snail
Snail is a common name that is applied most often to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
Snail is a common name that is applied most often to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. The first snails appeared on land during the Carboniferous period.
5 Woodlouse
6 Beetle
Much like jellyfish, beetles looked the same as they do today.
7 Shrimp
8 Starfish
Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or "basket stars".
Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or "basket stars". Though Silurian starfish didn't look the same as modern starfish.
9 Centipede
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are mainly carnivorous and they prey upon insects, spiders, small birds and rodents, and even other centipedes.
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are mainly carnivorous and they prey upon insects, spiders, small birds and rodents, and even other centipedes. There were giant species of centipedes. The most famous one being Arthropleura.
10 Coral
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11 Snake
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears.
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. They have been here since the beginning
12 Millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature.
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature. Much like centipedes, there were giant millipedes as well.
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