The largest animals are extinct

Among the extinct species on Earth, lizard foot dinosaurs are the largest animals with a length of nearly 40 meters.

• The largest insect - Meganeura monyi : 65-70cm long (wingspan); weighs 12g; extinct 300 million years ago.

The largest insect - Meganeura monyi.

• The largest bird - Gastornis giganteus : 2m tall; weighing 0.28 tons; extinct 36.6 million years ago.
• The largest human ape - Gigantopithecus blacki : 3m tall ; weighs 0.6-0.67 tons; extinction 0.1 million years ago.
• The largest carnivorous mammal - Andrewsarchus mongoliensis : 3.4m long; 2.8m high; extinct 36 million years ago.
• The largest mammal herbivore - Palaeoloxodon namadicus (Asian straight elephant elephant) : 4.5m long; 7m high; weighs 22 tons; extinct 24,000 years ago.
• The largest rhino species - Paraceratherium : 4.8m long; 3.4m high; weighing 15-20 tons; extinct 23 million years ago.
• The largest crocodile - Sarcosuchus imperator : 11-12m long; weighs 8 tons; extinction 110 million years ago.
• The largest snake - cerrejonensis : 12.8m long; weighing 1.25 tons; extinction 58 million years ago.
• The largest flying reptile - northropi : 11m long (wingspan); weighs 0.22-0.28 tons; extinct 220 million years ago.
• The largest mammal dinosaur - Spinosaurus aegyptiacus : 18m long; 4.3m high; weighing 24-78 tons; extinction 98 million years ago.
• The largest shark - : 18m long; weighs 2.4 tons; extinction 2.6 million years ago.
• The largest marine reptile - Shastasaurus : 21m long; weighs 72 tons; extinction 210 million years ago.
• The largest bone fish - Leedsichthys problematicus : 22m long; weigh 5-10 tons; strains 165 million years ago.
• The largest whale - Balaenoptera sibbaldina : 24-27m long; weighs 75 tons; extinction 13.65 million years ago.
• The largest lizard foot dinosaur - Argentinosaurus huinculensis : 39.7m long; 35m high; weighs 67-111 tons; extinction 94 million years ago.