Top 15 Largest Organisms On Earth
Number 15: Meganeura, largest flying insect of all time. It had a wingspan of 2.3 feet and it weighed 0.3 pounds. It lived 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.Number 14: Arthropleura, largest arthropod of all time. It was 8.5 feet long and weighed 1100 pounds. It lived 340 to 280 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
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Jaekelopterous, largest sea arthropod of all time. It was 8.2 feet long and weighed 66 pounds. It lived 390 million years ago in the Devonian period.
Number 13: Titanoboa, largest snake of all time. It was 50 feet long and was 3 feet in diameter. It lived 60 million years ago in the Eocene period.
Number 12: Megalania, largest lizard of all time. It was 26 feet long and weighed 4,280 pounds. It lived about 1 million years ago in the Neogene period.
Number 11: Sarchosuchus, largest crocodile of all time. It was 38.2 feet long and weighed 8.8 tons. It lived 112 million years ago in the Cretaceous period.
Number 10: Koolasuchus, largest amphibian of all time. It was 16 feet long and weighed 1,100 pounds. It lived 120 million years ago Cretaceous period.
Number 9: Shastasaurus, largest Icthyosaur of all time. It was 69 feet long. It lived 210 million years ago in the Triassic period.
Number 8: Pliosaurus Funkei, largest short necked plesiosaur of all time. It was 55 feet long and weighed 45 tons. It lived in the Jurassic period.
Number 7: Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus, largest land carnivore ever. It was 51 feet long and weighed 9 tons. It lived 112 to 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period.
Number 6: Indricotherium, largest land mammal ever. It was 26 feet tall and weighed 30 tons. It lived 37 to 23 million years ago in the Eocene to Miocene period.
Number 5: Megalodon, largest cartilaginous us fish ever. It was 66 feet long and weighed 103 tons. It lived 28 to 1.5 million years ago in the Oligocene to early Pleistocene period.
Number 4: Leedsichthys, largest bony fish of all time. It was 70 feet long and weighed 50 tons. It lived 120 million years ago in the Jurassic period.
Number 3: Quetzalcoatlus, largest flying organism of all time. It had a wingspan of 52.2 feet, weighed 550 pounds, and was 20 feet tall. It lived 65 million years ago in the Cretaceous period.
Number 2: Blue Whale, largest mammal (heaviest animal). It is 98 feet long and weighs 180 tons. It lives 50 million years ago till today.
Number 1: Amphicoelias Fragillimus, largest land animal ever. It was 190.3 feet long and weighed 122 tons. It lived 150 million years ago in the Jurassic period.
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