Exploring Earth's Prehistoric Animals

Horseshoe Crab

This creature has been around for more than 450 million years

Coelacanth

This fish rediscovered in 1938 has existed for more than 450 million years

Nautilus

As a "living fossil," it survived for more than 500 million years with little to no evolutionary alteration

Sturgeon

A prehistoric fish that has been around for 200 million years

Crocodile

A species of reptile that dates back roughly 200 million years

Platypus

A unique animal that is Indigenous to Australia and dates back 120 million years

Tuataras

A 200 million- year- old living fossil that is Indigenous to New Zealand

Jelly Fish

A 500 million- year- old marine creature. It is the oldest living being on earth