What creatures existed before the dinosaurs?

Animals included sharks, bony fish, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles and synapsids. The first true mammals would not appear until the next geological period, the Triassic.

What is the weirdest animal that ever lived?

10 of the Weirdest Prehistoric Creatures

• Ichthyostega.
• Sharovipteryx.
• Longisquama.
• Stagonolepis.
• Casea.
• Nothosaurus.
• Stegosaurus.
• Thylacosmilus.

What was the period before dinosaurs?

Mesozoic Era
The Earth existed for millions of years before the time of the dinosaurs. This time is known as the Paleozoic Era while the dinosaur time is known as the Mesozoic Era.

What is the first living animal on Earth?

comb jelly
Earth’s first animal was the ocean-drifting comb jelly, not the simple sponge, according to a new find that has shocked scientists who didn’t imagine the earliest critter could be so complex.

What is a weird looking animal?

1. Pangolin (Africa and Asia) Pangolins are truly bizarre creatures that look a bit like armoured anteaters. In fact, another name for them is ‘scaly anteaters’!

What was before the Jurassic?

Triassic. The Triassic ranges roughly from 252 million to 201 million years ago, preceding the Jurassic Period.

Which came first Jurassic or Ice Age?

A large-scale volcanic event during the Jurassic Period may have caused the ‘ice-age’ that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago, a new study has found. Researchers have found evidence of a large and abrupt cooling of the Earth’s temperature during the Jurassic Period, which lasted millions of years.

Did dinosaurs live before humans?

No! After the dinosaurs died out, nearly 65 million years passed before people appeared on Earth. However, small mammals (including shrew-sized primates) were alive at the time of the dinosaurs.