A beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals. In the past, amazing and strange animals roamed the earth, including giant sea scorpions, tiny horses, enormous sloths, and fierce "terror birds." These and many more fantastic extinct animals are illustrated in this whimsical collection by Swedish artist Maja Säfström.

Introduction -- Dickinsonia costata -- Hallucigenia -- Haikouichthys -- Opabinia -- Cameroceras -- Pteraspis -- Giant sea scorpion -- Dunkleosteus terrelli -- Meganeura -- Helicoprion -- Dimetrodon -- Sharovipteryx -- Gerrothorax -- Ophthalmosaurus -- Elasmosaurus -- Quetzalcoatlus -- Terror bird -- Titanoboa -- Coryphodon -- Dawn horse -- Diacodexis -- Leptictidium -- Walking whale -- Eomanis -- Giant Ground Sloth -- Basilosaurus -- Embolotherium -- Indricotherium -- Carcharocles megalodon -- Moa -- Platybelodon -- Chalicotherium -- Horned gopher -- Synthetoceras -- Giant Asian Ape -- Macrauchenia -- Shiva's beast -- Walrus whale -- Nuralagus rex -- Giant pacarana -- Irish elk -- Giant siberian unicorn -- Woolly mammoth -- Cave bear -- Doedicurus -- Saber-toothed cat -- Giant swan -- Giant short-faced kangaroo -- Tasmanian tiger -- Dodo bird -- Saddle-backed rodrigues giant tortoise.