Diplodocus
DiplodocusTemporal range: Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.07–149.1 Ma
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Mounted D. carnegii (or "Dippy") skeleton at …
Dire wolf
Dire wolfTemporal range: Late Pleistocene – early Holocene (125,000–10,000 years ago)
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Possible Middle Pleistocene records
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Dodo
DodoTemporal range: Middle Holocene – 1662 AD
Dodo skeleton cast (left) and model based on modern research (right), at Oxford University Museum of Natural …