The Most Dangerous Animals of Each Time Period

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:38:45 +0000

What were the most dangerous animals of each time period on Prehistoric Earth? We'll go through the twelve periods of the Phanerozoic Eon, learning about each time period's most dangerous prehistoric animal. From Cambrian superpredators to Devonian dangers, Earth has evolved countless dangerous prehistoric animals, and each one fills its own unique role in the extinct pantheon of danger.

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00:00: What were the most dangerous animals of each time period?
00:55: The Cambrian Period
02:25: The Ordovician Period
03:32: The Silurian Period
04:38: The Devonian Period
06:12: The Carboniferous Period
07:22: The Permian Period
09:47: The Triassic Period
12:57: The Jurassic Period
15:05: The Cretaceous Period
22:12: The Paleogene Period
23:39: The Neogene Period
25:15: The Quaternary Period