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A few nice extinct animals images I found:


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Image by twesener
Skull of the extinct giant flightless bird Sylviornis. This bird was 1.50 meters high and could not fly. It presumably went extinct 300-500 years ago because of human hunting.


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Image by pmaas81
The cranium of the extinct Mauritian Giant Tortoise (Cylindraspis sp.). This skull was excavated during the Dodo Expedition on Mauritius. It is photographed on the exhibition of this expedition in the National Museum of Natural History 'Naturalis' in Leiden, the Netherlands.


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The posterior carapace of the extinct Mauritian Giant Tortoise (Cylindraspis sp.). This carapace was excavated during the Dodo Expedition on Mauritius. It is photographed on the exhibition of this expedition in the National Museum of Natural History 'Naturalis' in Leiden, the Netherlands.

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