Top 10 Weirdest Prehistoric Creatures

[@WatchMojo]

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[@jacobschmidt2771]

I'm proud you Watchmojo, you pronounced most of these names right.

[@richardcordero532]

WatchMojo can you do the 10 best toys of all time? Love you guys! Like number 550!

[@scottycunningham5405]

How about you do top 10 prehistoric animals

[@sonyabarnes2847]

watchmojo top 10 facts about mafia

[@aztecdragon4313]

that's my giant flying reptile

[@DanBeau]

No 1 is a pterodactyl that went "screw that I'm a giraffe"

[@GaryHamad]

But it Still Flies

[@spicyguyofspice4106]

2:11 the funny thing is that the prehistoric pokemon anorith was based of anomalocaris!

[@ankylopea]

Spicy Guy EXACTLY!!!

[@cyborgparrot1996]

Prehistoric Park was a Good Show.

[@michaelkers6879]

It was

[@CrusnikVideo]

Indeed.

[@thejurassicshow5928]

Agreed

[@dragonlord498]

yep too bad Nigel Marven had the incident with a gigantoasaurus

[@austinprice9164]

That was like my favorite show, and it still is high up on my list

[@daidax_2389]

i honestly don't know if I'm sad or relieved by the fact that these things are extinct

[@rockgod6180]

relieved!

[@jeffrey-f]

Idk some of them look chill and would be cool to hang at a bar with

[@coreym8145]

#1 is definitely a real life Dragon haha. Glad its gone too

[@alexpopowski1318]

Blame carbon emissions.

[@ronaldgreen8990]

i thought it was a meteor but who knows there may have been coal factories back then i guess

[@WatchMojo]

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[@Rhmrd]

italian?

[@indolentraptor8433]

can i get a shoutout

[@SillySeal44PlaysMCSillyKinz]

+Indolent Raptor lol

[@Mandas999]

+Indolent Raptor no

[@EmbeMamaChannel]

watchmojo your doing good with the prehistory but now were mainly looking for a top 10 most dangerous dinosaurs. i love that your doing prehistoric list now because you only had 1 last time.

[@braedyndyerTV]

I like that you guys mentioned Pokemon during number 9, since the Pokemon Anorith is based off of it :D

[@RamonPeelP50]

was looking for this comment :]

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

I knew everything that was named, including Pulmonoscorpius (Pulminoscorpius? ARK confuses me), Tupandactylus and Pachyrhinosaurus. Kind of ashamed I forgot Hallucigenia's name though. I also expected Wiwaxia, although I suppose it's not so special compared to some modern animals.

[@robertovasquez7904]

+Kai Is awsome I knew all of them

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

Roberto Vasquez Me too. xD I rewatched the video to make sure, but I forgot to go back to this thread.

[@RemixerUltimate]

I knew I had seen that shape somewhere!

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

I think it's a good thing that you've added Opabinia and Stethacanthus as 'buddies' for other creatures on this list. They are similar to the ones that are on the list, but still different enough that it would be a shame to let them go unmentioned.

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

(Don't forget that Pterodaustro is a Pterosaur, not a Dinosaur. Poor WatchMojo is gonna get a lot of hate for this.)

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

Hallucigenia! Thanks, I forgot the name.

[@RazorRex]

7:29 Pterodaustro is a Pterosaur, not a Dinosaur!

[@austinprice9164]

Title says Top 10 Prehistoric Creatures not Dinosaurs

[@rj20za]

she also did it 9:42

[@nkohu]

She did say it was pterosaur

[@espi2438]

You must be a cool guy to hang out with.

[@aserillll]

Is your name Ross? Were you on Friends?

[@tabcat]

9:14 That's silly. Greyhound buses don't have wings.

[@hentesgyik95]

9:44 "This dinosaur" DINOSAUR? DINOSAUR????!!! YOU JUST SAID ITS A FOOK'N PTEROSAUR!

[@annafowdy]

Someone must've messed with the script.

[@ankylopea]

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[@morgangobin6550]

I noticed a lot of these clips are from Prehistoric Park. Man, that brings back memories! I used to love that show as a kid! :D

[@dariomasi9]

STILL NO TOP 10 ROCKS FROM TV SHOWS REALLY DISAPPOINTED WHATCHMOJO!

[@bejjj]

IM STILL WAITING FOR TOP 10 MUSTARD BRANDS

[@771shadowolf]

+Bej Gaming biggest poops

[@eskreskao]

+efrain martinez well, Bono would be number two on that list.

[@rtsons9367]

+Bej Gaming I'm still waiting for harambe to come back to us

[@bejjj]

Rtsons Who isn't

[@alex_fictus]

I think thylacosmilus should have been at least an honorable mention. Like the smilodon, it had two large canines that protruded from its mouth, however, it had sheath-like structures for them in its lower jaw. It was also a marsupial!

[@DalekTurtle]

We need more Nigel Marven and his adventures in prehistoric park.

[@LesliePetersFilm]

WE NEED MORE PRIMEVAL😱😱😱😱

[@rodin670]

+SharkGaming ames

[@rodin670]

+paul rose fail *amen

[@luistavera370]

Bro so true.WHERES SEASON 2!!??

[@bigmanbossman]

My damn childhood is awesome hahaha

[@mitchellskene8176]

Nothronychus is my favorite weird extinct creature, but it was essentially an ancient relative, from across the Pacific, of therizinosaurus

[@Echoingdolphin]

when they said that spider thing grew to be 8 feet, i was like nope

[@vampmoon]

I love this video! cool deviation from your usual videos! thanks WatchMojo! this is awsome

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

By the way, if anyone is wondering why Therizinosaurus fossils have been mistaken to belong to a turtle; The large claws were thought to be the turtle's ribs.

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

For the people who don't know why Anomalocaris was named 'abnormal shrimp'; When Anomalocaris fossils were found, scientists believed they found three creatures. A type of shrimp (this was one of its grabbers), a type of jellyfish (its actual mouth piece) and something I don't remember.

[@lucasmackay8958]

I did not know that thanks

[@mrpede7779]

Sad went extinct: Invisivosaurus, Longisquana, Platybelodon Glad went extinct: Anomalocaris, Opabinia

[@kailiahseekings]

6:46 Dino Dan is best show. Don't convince me otherwise

[@MrThommyL]

Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs -_-

[@pokemaster123ism]

Read the title: Prehistoric Creatures, not just Dinosaurs

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

+pokemaster123ism So you're saying he thinks Anomalocaris, Longisquama, Platybelodon and Eurypterids are dinosaurs?

[@NARKISDUDE]

lol, there's only 4 dinosaurs here, so?

[@whitewolf3051]

You are so narrow minded. Since when did prehistoric creatures automatically mean dinosaurs only? There were other life forms besides dinos, and this list is about them, including dinosaurs.

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

For Christ's sake, people. The narrator said that Pterodaustro looked line an intimidating dinosaur. At least TRY to watch and listen to the video before making stupid comments.

[@andrewkawam2603]

4: 24 That's actually not a eurypterid. It's just that at that moment in the TV series Prehistoric Park that that scene is taken from, Nigel Marven talks about sea scorpions, and makes sure to mention that this creature isn't one of them. It's actually called Pulmonoscorpius, and was a giant true scorpion that lived on land in the Carboniferous 320 million years ago. Also, eurypterids are relatives of spiders, not their ancestors.

[@cameronwiscovitch4186]

Heads up WatchMojo, Quetzalcoatlus and Pterosaustro weren't dinosaurs, they were pterosaurs, a separate group of reptiles. Just because something lived with the dinosaurs didn't mean it was a dinosaur.

[@sonymicronin]

The title says prehistoric creatures not dinosaurs...

[@robertovasquez7904]

Agusti Guerola Garcia damn it I said the previous comment cause many people posted stuff like... Thinking that all prehistoric creatures were dinos... Sorry

[@robertovasquez7904]

I eliminated it

[@robertovasquez7904]

*****​​ I was not talking about that that I thought the list was just about Dinosaurs ( I always knew it was about prehistoric creatures ) I THOUGHT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ( and some actually did ) THINK THAT IT WAS FOR ONLY DINOSAURS.

[@sonymicronin]

***** True. I really don't see the point in always trying to "1-up" somebody just to make yourself feel better/them feel worse. If they're really as smart as they think they are wouldn't they have much better and more important things to do than to correct a simple mistake(not even a real mistake) on a KZbin video?

[@richardgunton9564]

Can I say how absolutely amazed and happy that you have Prehistoric Park clips. Loved that show. I actually met Nigel Marvin.

[@JoshLuck95]

Taken straight from No Mans Sky

[@fernando180303]

Fuck outta here!

[@FabledThunder]

Nope.

[@bradyresch9900]

Rolf

[@pixelvapour1960]

Nope. These are real creatures not fictional ones

[@Newbmann]

+Laurence Hammond u are correct but I don't think those are the weardest

[@stevedupont]

i love most of your videos love your channel

[@marvelgeek9867]

Jurassic world needs to introduce all of kinds of prehistoric creatures and one of reasons why Jurassic world needs to turn into a cinematic and expanded universe

[@ValentinaAmourVT]

I believe that the Yi qi surely deserved a spot here

[@user-jr7ww2gf1h]

Val WyvernBoy YESSSSS

[@MrPeterpan1993]

Plz more !!! I freaking love paleontology :)

[@colbywhite7198]

Shoutout to Ark Survival for teaching me about cool dinos.

[@LJayyBeh]

“500,000,000 Years Ago” Mannnn I wish I Cudda go back in time sometimes ... just to see how the Earth & animals looked

[@nickreineck3346]

No Tullimonstrum? Darn, he would have fit right in.

[@stephenhill6003]

Keeping in mind of course that most of these "prototypes" survived as a species far longer than modern man has existed.

[@kevex3929]

Sucks that Glavenus didn't make the list :/

[@GandalfTheTsaagan]

It made a cameo in the honorable mentions

[@TamashiiSenpai]

Kevin Torres are you serious?! Glavenus is the BEST looking Dino (yes I know what you mean, I got his armour today)

[@Actionfan19]

What about the Dimetrodon, apparently that thing is more related to mammals then reptiles even though it looks like a Komodo dragon with a Spinosaurus sail.

[@caitlyntia6199]

Man I love dinosaurs

[@andregon4366]

Careful with single fossil animals. They may be mutations that went wrong, or just infants that go through some changes when they get to adulthood (talking about Longisquama).

[@nickelliott3524]

I would've thought that Dunkleosteus or maybe Orthocone would've made it here- Dunkleosteus being a giant armoured fish and Orthocone a squid the length of a lorry. (Just a prehistory nerd sharing his opinion)

[@TheSahaquiel]

Mother Nature surely lose its balls after the extinction.

[@Ineedgames]

Oh common, we got the Platypus, Centipedes and what ever the hell the Angler fish is supposed to be.

[@LordDinosaur]

+Aya ya What about frill sharks?

[@meatballjosh]

The Eurypterid was less related to spiders and scorpions and more related to horseshoe crabs.

[@Advo42069]

this video makes me want want to reinstall Ark

[@Person898k]

U should

[@vanessag1722]

we just call it quetzy in texas, the witte museum has it there it's sooo cool

[@blastturtle22]

@WatchMojo.com Here are some more Odd creatures of the extinct world; Hatzegopteryx, Think Quetzalcoatlus but bulkier, slightly shorter, and nearly too heavy to fly. The worst thing is that the monster preyed upon sauropods. The beast is only found in european countries, which were islands at the time 70 MYA. Atopodentatus, Which a flat mouth, odd teeth and rounded claws, this aquatic reptile was one thought to have a split in its jaw, which we know know to either have been cause by the crushing of the jaw or a deformity in the animal. Mamenchisaurus, With the longest neck of any sauropod, this beast which could grow longer than a blue whale was one of asia's most weirdest and coolest dinosaurs

[@jacobschmidt2771]

I thought Hatzegopteryx was bigger than Quetzocoatlus? Also the sauropods it ate were the Small species from the Hateg Island.

[@blastturtle22]

Jacob Schmidt shorter, heavier and had a slightly longer wingspan.

[@codeporsche4651]

+Jacob Schmidt you sir are correct

[@robertovasquez7904]

"Amphicoelia the world's longest creature that ever existed 2× longer than Blue whale..."

[@mrplcole]

Actually, those two and arambourgiania were all pretty much the same size. Hatzegopteryx was the bulkiest but also the shortest, arambourgiania was the tallest, and Quetzocoatlus was in between (and I maybe with the longest wingspan).

[@dovahkiindead2897]

"Eurypterid" refers to all animals in the order Eurypterida, which includes Eurypterus, Pterygotus, and Jaekelopterus. The one you show here seems to be Pterygotus. That one in the guy's hand though, that's actually not a eurypterid at all, it looks like Pulmonoscorpius (or a close relative), and it isn't even in the same class as eurypterids. They're both chelicerates, but Pulmono was an arachnid while all eurypterids were merostomates.

[@Frog888]

A B N O R M A L S H R I M P

[@The_PokeSaurus]

2:11 There's a Pokemon based off that creature! It's called Anorith!

[@flightlesslord2688]

NOOO SHIIIIT! There's also a Pokemon designed after archaeopteryx, can u guess which one

[@The_PokeSaurus]

LordOfThe Flightless I was just making a connection!

[@flightlesslord2688]

+The Poke'Saurus ok ok, but yeh there's also arches and archeops which r based off of archaeopteryx and dromaesaurids

[@The_PokeSaurus]

LordOfThe Flightless I love those Pokemon! Except there abilities!

[@MartnCFdk]

Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs

[@annafowdy]

And Carnotaurus wasn't big enough to kill a full grown Ceratopsian in one bite.

[@probablynotleo4340]

The Carnotaurus's jaws are not powerful enough to chomp down a live running Dinosaur. It is known to be a scavenger instead of a preadator.

[@danieldeem791]

btw pterosaurs arent dinosaurs just so you know.

[@doomermagyar5238]

My fave animal is the helicoprion! I knew about them before this video!

[@dragonfly0113]

I did most people who watched this probably did too

[@thethinkingminority1312]

I don't know why but I thought Quetzalcoatlus ( the last one) was really cute lol 😂

[@aetius254]

How about the Dunkleosteus, it was an ancient armored predatory fish that instead of teeth had flat layered plates that acted like shears. This apex predator grew to 20 ft and lived from 360 million to 380 million years ago.

[@aetius254]

check that it grew to 30 ft

[@aetius254]

and had an estimated bite force 8000 lbs per square inch

[@magnificentmangomm2811]

What? Kaprosuchus is cute, not weird! ;-;

[@dragonzilla6482]

I think the weirdest Prehistoric Creature to have ever existed was the Estemmenosuchus.

[@VolthPL]

Honestly, Quetzalcoatlus is a pterosaur, NOT a dinosaur. It's a HUGE difference. No dinosaur (except birds) could ever fly active. Seriously, Mojo, u failed so much.

[@VolthPL]

9:20 Mojo says it's a pterosaur, and 9:43 that it's a dinosaur. Please, learn more about prehistory.

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Guess words like archosaurs, crocs, dinos, and birds are too complex for WM's expert researchers ¬___¬

[@mrplcole]

Yi Qi.

[@peachxy3730]

Voltherius yes, and they’re wrong lmao

[@cyrusbrother7402]

The Incisivosaurus is like a prehistoric rooster to be honest

[@ishnookie]

Dinosaurs still live. Just look at my wife.

[@pikmineer]

Joke of the year, folks, joke of the year.

[@lollol1818]

ishnookie, reminded me of my GREAT GREAT grandma

[@elijahharkless6045]

Are you ready for a divorce bud?

[@dg798]

@@elijahharkless6045 😂

[@eronacalloway9159]

ishnookie ...a T-REX or something a little smaller?

[@PatrickMcKenzie1]

one word to describe this video ARK

[@dabudderking8889]

Your pronunciation of Quetzalcoatlus made me cringe so hard

[@danielferia7955]

Jett Fox it wasn't bad

[@sharonyeung4030]

My favorite weird creatyre Is sauropetla because it has a hard armor and two horns on both sides on the shoulder and also it could roll like a ball

[@god5620]

and now we just wait for the creationists....

[@WaddelingProductions]

What's that supposed to mean?

[@god5620]

getting mad because the think the earth is 6000 years old

[@flightlesslord2688]

Well excuse me!! Damn Heaven dont understand that this erth is 3000 year old. *Jumps back onto horse, and puts hood back on* Now if ur don't mind I gotta go fuck me dughter

[@WaddelingProductions]

Marte van Vechel Not me though

[@NeoShineLP]

+LordOfThe Flightless lololloollooisjsjsj u got me

[@kong1626]

"I want Gigan" "We have Gigan at home" Gigan at home: 5:00

[@garylange-flaig4739]

classic error... calling pterodaustro a dinosaur..

[@gishathosaurus6828]

*Cough* Quetzalcoatlus *Cough*

[@gishathosaurus6828]

So, you want me to believe that everytime they mispronounce shit (pretty often) it's all just a big joke, right (¬__¬) ? This dickriding is friggin' ridiculous -.-

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Alexander Elias Actually I usually write freaking most of the time, If you want accurate numbers, I only use friggin' bout 25% of the time. Cancer kid ? welp, you got that right... that's my zodiac sign ;) Also... talk about being jumpy haha, what's wrong, boy ? Does something as stupid and insignificant as [O.o] angers you, provokes you ? By the way, yes, I used provoke. I don't like that the way people use ''trigger'' these days... maybe it has something to do with all those PC LGTB SJW ******* shouting it every 5 *frikkin'* seconds. Anyways, it was a fun talk, we should continue it some other time, pumpkin (:-3)

[@averagemotorbikeenjoyer2007]

@@gishathosaurus6828 what the fuck are you talking about?

[@darthveatay]

therizinosaurus looks like it needs a pedicure

[@Sylvskii]

😂😂😂 always manage to sneak in funny stuff

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

Good one, Watchmojo.

[@Vempsterful]

But the Earth is only 2016 years old.

[@fabiannevarez6311]

lmfao you funny xD

[@dragonfly0113]

Where have you got your education

[@dragonfly0113]

the earth is 4.6 billion years old aprx

[@tenacious645]

All these Dino's and T-Rex is still the fan favorite.

[@kittykat5343]

I hate the way she says "herbivore". It's got an "h" in it for a reason!

[@Reagan1984]

Kitty Kat Canadians pronounce things weird.

[@TiburonChico]

Holy crap you reminded me I stayed up all night

[@Saurles]

My favorite prehistoric creature is my wife.

[@GageisME333]

Carnotaurus? Thats a strange creature? I think the horns make it badass

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Not only the horns... but the wierd triangular shape head, really long tail and short, inverted 4 finger clawed hands made it a fucking wierd theropod. Wierder than a ceratosaurus even.

[@GageisME333]

+Agusti Guerola Garcia touche sir

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Gage is Me333 Although... they could have gone for the Spynosaurus though, recent studies have suggested it walked on 4 legs, check the pictures on google about ''new spynosaurus'' Immo that feature makes it look even cooler than before.

[@mrplcole]

It has almost as much jaw as it has skull behind the eyes. It has tiny four- fingered arms with full sized shoulder bones. It has long legs and a long neck. It is to abelisaurs as abelisaurs are to other theropods.

[@lowreslireas]

1. ur mum

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

Just checked your poll and I saw Sharovipteryx. I feel like that should have been the #1. I mean... it flies (ok ok... it glides) with its legs as wings.

[@dv9239]

What if the only fossils we find of a prehistoric animal are of one of the mutants in the same species

[@williamnorton9547]

Some of the creatures on this list would fit in nicely in a Galaxy Far Far Away.

[@ravenreodica6296]

Can you do more Top 10 that involve Disney?

[@AA-ds3hg]

that last one was creepy but cool too lol

[@ebperformance8436]

Lol to the clip of the lady being lifted and thrown around. Is impossible for the flying dinosaurs. They only weight 100 to 150 pounds. Theres no way they had the flight strength to carry a full grown human.

[@richardgunton9564]

Also I think Walking with Dinosaurs and Planet Dinosaur could have provided numerous good clips here

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

The times when Mother Nature and Evolution went "Fuck it. Let's just see where this goes."

[@coldsobanoodle7407]

My favorite strange looking prehistoric creature would be andrewsarchus, which was related to modern wolves, and most oddly related to whales. It had an odd appearance also, the snout of a crocodilian, pasted onto a dog-looking animal, along with more primitive features.

[@chrisdufresne9359]

I saw Prehistoric Park, I got happy.

[@PurpleRanger]

Two of these creatures were used on Kamen Rider Double as humans who turned into monsters based on them.

[@bsr232]

Huh... carnotarus and kaprosuchus in honorable mentions... my favorites

[@sartexir9285]

Anomalocaris looks alot like Anorith from Pokémon, they even mentioned pokemon during this scene.

[@Eudaimonia7564]

We're these things REALLY real? Holy shit.

[@cesardavidlopezpolicio4559]

i like pterosaurs like quetzalcoatlus and the documentary flying monsters

[@mamc1986]

Most of these I have never heard of.

[@bruceleeroy8302]

This list is a whole bunch of *NOPE!* Boy I am glad to be living in this era and not back then.

[@codeporsche4651]

I'm not

[@thereptilianmercenary461]

I would like this amazing animals still live in the earth,at least was not the Dawn humans who killed then,such incredible(and almost perfect creatures )

[@The_GhostWind]

+the reptilian mercenary then again there's the interpretation of many worlds, there could be one when prehistoric creatures were evolved (not in a Pokemon way but more like in the Good dinosaur way. Who knows)

[@jessaldrette8453]

Amen brother

[@factcheck_az7943]

3:00 where is Kurjistan

[@linked2dio26]

5:00 so its basically a prehistoric Sloth

[@JM-hm3pj]

Prehistoric creatures, also know as keemstar's subscribers

[@omegaXjammur]

Therizinosaurus looks bad ass.

[@datjurrasicboi7416]

Dinosaur train used to be my child hood show

[@DonutToast]

HELP THE HALLUCIGENIA LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE IN SPORE

[@alexbou7966]

Quetzalcoatlus was way too large and heavy so most scientists debate whether it had the ability to fly...

[@harambe9612]

That amazing pronunciation

[@Nickster891]

actually anomalocaris has a pokemon based off it so that's a fair comparison it's called anorith