10 prehistoric giant animals are easily confused with dinosaurs

If you just look through the picture, you will certainly confuse the animals below as one of prehistoric dinosaurs.

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1. Liopleurodon (Pilosaur)

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Liopleurodon is a genus of solid ancient lizards and is a predator living in the Upper Jurassic waters, about 160-155 million years ago.

They have large body sizes, adults 6.4 meters long and weigh up to 3 tons. They have very sensitive sense of smell, can even smell underwater so Liopleurodon can sense prey from a great distance.

2. Kaprosuchus

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Kaprosuchus, also known as the Boar Crocodile, is known to researchers from an almost complete skull discovered in Niger.

It is estimated that Kaprosuchus has a length of about 6 meters. With such a large body size, Kaprosuchus can prey on both water and bogs.

3. Dimetrodon (mammal like reptile)

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Dimetrodon is a prehistoric reptile that lived in the Permian period. They are often mistaken for a dinosaur with a wing on its back like a sail that helps keep the body warm. But later, researchers discovered Dimetrodon is actually a four-legged animal.

Dimetrodon is a carnivore, lived 238 million years ago. It has a body size about 1.7 - 4.6 meters long and has been extinct 40 million years before the first dinosaur appeared on Earth.

4. Elasmosaurus (long neck longhair)

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Elasmosaurus is one of a group of prehistoric reptiles living in the seas about 70 million years ago in the late Cretaceous. Long neck plesiosaurs existed at the same time and were mistaken for dinosaurs but were not classified as dinosaurs.

A scientist named Edward Drinker Cope was the first to discover the Elasmosaurus fossil in 1868. At that time, he thought that his head was a tail.

5. Quetzalcoatlus (flying lizard)

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Many people think that flying lizards are dinosaurs, but the truth is not.

Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying lizard in Earth's history. They have wingspan of up to 11-12 m, equivalent to a small plane. Quetzalcoatlus has an unusually long neck, and when standing upright on the ground its height is equivalent to an adult giraffe.

6. Scutosaurus

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Scutosaurus is a reptilian animal belonging to the Pareiasaur family, living during the late Permian period. This creature is about 2.5-3 meters long, weighs 1 ton. There are some apricots on their sides and back to protect their bodies from predators.

7. Prionosuchus

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Prionosuchus is the largest amphibian ever found, with an estimated length of 9 meters. Prionosuchus lived in the Middle Permian, about 270 million years ago. Their fossils are found in Brazil.

Prionosuchus is similar in shape to a crocodile with a long and pointed muzzle, many sharp teeth, short legs, long body and a tail suitable for swimming. Prionosuchus is a carnivore. Their food is fish and other aquatic animals.

8. Euparkeria

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Euparkeria is a fairly small insectivore, about 55cm long, living here for about 245 million years.

Euparkeria can run very fast with two feet to chase prey. It has a slim body with a long tail and a small head with sharp teeth.

9. Inostrancevia

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Inostancevia is considered a 'killing machine' with nearly 12cm long teeth, the perfect tool to kill large prey. Inostancevia lived about 260 million years ago, its fossils found in Russia.

Inostrancevia is a giant four-legged animal that can stand up to 4.3 meters tall if standing upright.

10. Mosasaurus

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Mosasaurus appeared in the late Cretaceous and extinct in the Cretaceous era.

With a body length of up to 18 meters, Mosasaurus is one of the largest marine reptiles.