Jurassic Park Quest- Extinction

These are the animals that I would bring back from each mass extinction if I could use the process of de-extinction. There are a couple different categories that I will go over for each animal. These are classification, (wether it is a mammal, bird, reptile or etc), diet, (what it eats), habitat, (the area it lived in), and the extinction it lived before.

The first animal I would bring back is the Dimetrodon.

Classification- The Dimetrodon is an animal that more closely resembles that of modern day mammals than lizards or birds.

Diet- The diet of the Dimetrodon consisted largely of fish that lived in shallow waters, including the xenacanthus.

Habitat- The fossils of this animal are most commonly found in the red beds of Texas/Oklahoma. This is near rivers and beaches were a long time ago.

Extinction- The Dimetrodon lived until around the end Permian.


The second animal I would bring back is the Trilobite.

Classification- The trilobite was a marine arthopod.

Diet- Though it is uncertain, most people have concluded that the trilobites were carnivores that consumed small invertebrates, such as worms. This is thought because of their structures and how their teeth are formed.

Habitat- The trilobites inhabited the oceans and the seas.

Extinction- The trilobites lived before the end Ordovician.


The third animal I would bring back to life would be the Dunkeosteus

Classification-The Dunkleosteus was a marine reptile.

Diet- It often fed on sharks slightly under its size but could take on something it's size.

Habitat- the Dunkleosteus lived in the depper parts of the ocean and in today's Pennsylvania.

Extinction- This marine reptile was alive until the Late Devonian extinction.

The fourth animal I would bring back to life would be the Camposaurus

Classification- This is a neotheropod dinosaur

Diet- It mostly eats small lizards and bugs that it can kill.

Habitat- It mostly lives in forests near rivers and streams.

Extinction- This creature lived up until the end Triassic.

The fifth animal that I would bring back is the Utahraptor

Classification- This is a theropod dinosaur

Diet-They often ate anything that was available to them and that did not kill them first.

Habitat- Highly wooded forests.

Extinction- This dinosaur went extinct in the K/T Extinction.

Citations:
http://galileon.deviantart.com/art/Utahraptor-2-524313025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camposaurus
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-terrifying-prehistoric-sea-monsters.php
http://www.mineraltown.com/Reports/33/33.php
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/ss/10-Facts-About-Dimetrodon.htm

My notes: Here