(#8) Beelzebufo Was A Frog That Ate Dinosaurs
Modern Madagascar is filled with some of the most unique wildlife on the planet, but go back 68 million years and you'll find a creature much more terrifying than anything alive today. Beelzebufo ampinga was a species of ancient frog that had a bite strong enough to prey on and eat small dinosaurs. They had massive, gaping jaws that were much more powerful than those of modern amphibians.
The bite force of these terrifying frogs was equivalent to modern day wolves and tigers, making it one of the most ferocious amphibians of all time.
(#11) Giant Ants The Size Of Hummingbirds Once Terrorized Wyoming
Sometimes extinction is a good thing. The modern residents of Wyoming can sleep easier knowing that this terrifyingly large ant species, Titanomyrma lubei, has been extinct for at least 50 million years. The ants were about two inches long, more than big enough to pack a serious bite.
These animals required warm temperatures to survive, which could give us a glimpse into why these gigantic insects eventually perished.
(#16) Someone Found A Fossilized Penis And It's The Oldest One In History
There are just so many interesting things about the genitalia of this ancient crustacean. The animal, known as an ostracod, was the proud owner of the oldest intact penis ever discovered by science. These creatures had huge sperm in proportion to their body size - the largest of any known species - but that's not even the most amazing part of the story: "It doesn't have one penis, it has two," said Professor David Siveter, a researcher with the University of Leicester.
This 100 million-year-old fossil is definitely one of the weirdest discoveries in modern scientific history.
(#2) A Dinosaur Tail Covered In Feathers Was Found Trapped In Amber
Scientists were thrilled at the announcement of a 99 million-year-old dinosaur tail found encased in amber - one of the rarest and most unique discoveries in all of paleontology. The tail, which was completely covered in feathers, is further evidence in the debate that many dinosaur species were actually covered in downy feathers.
The tail is one of the most perfectly preserved dinosaur appendages ever discovered. Evidence suggests the tail belongs to a Sotr, a bipedal theropod.
(#15) Scientists Discovered 50 Million-Year-Old Sperm In Antarctica
A group of fossilized sperm cells rocked the paleontological community and made history as the oldest sperm ever found. The 50 million-year-old sperm came from a species of annelid Antarctic worm, one that is related to modern earthworms and leeches but is now long extinct.
The sperm was preserved in a cocoon, one that scientists believe the worms created for the sole purpose of getting down and dirty. This discovery is so remarkable because fossilized sperm is an incredible rarity, regardless of the age.
(#21) A 15-Foot Ichthyosaur Was Found With The Torso Of A 13-Foot Reptile In Its Stomach
About 240 million years ago, an ancient reptile got a mouthful, and then some. Paleobiologists studying the remains of a 15-foot-long marine reptile called an ichthyosaur discovered the remains of another swimming reptile fossilized in its stomach. The reptile in the tummy, a thalattosaur, at 13 feet long was nearly as long as its predator (although the smaller animal's remains did not include the head and tail).
According to researchers who reported their results in August 2020 in iScience, the fossil "likely represents the oldest evidence for predation on megafauna; i.e., animals equal to or larger than humans, by marine tetrapods." The thalattosaur might have been so large that the ichyosaur perished while attempting to eat/digest it.
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Fossils are formed under tremendous pressure for millions of years. They tell us the stories of ancient ancestors and ancient history, as well as the strange creatures of their time. With the development of archeology techniques, the discovery of strange fossils has become more and more common around the world. These fossils have also changed humans' perception of the world forever.
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