The Lost World
novel by Arthur Conan Doyle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lost World is a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the year 1912. In it, Professor Challenger and his companions travel to find a large plateau in South America where many dinosaur species still live. After a long journey they find the plateau, and witness not only dinosaurs, but two tribes - an ancient Native American people and ape-men who resemble the missing link. After many adventures, they return to London and attempt to describe their adventures to a disbelieving public.
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Dinosaurs featured in this story
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Inactive ones
Inactive sea reptiles
- Rhomaleosaurus
- Cryptoclidus
- Plesiosaurus
- Mosasaurus
- Pliosaurus
- Elasmosaurus
- Kronosaurus
- Tylosaurus
- Liopleurodon
- Ichthyosaurus
- Opthalmosaurus
- Temnodontosaurus
- Shonisaurus
- Shastasaurus
- Mixosaurus
- Atopodentatus
- Tanystropheus
- Nothosaurus
- Cymbospondylus
Inactive land reptiles
- Diadectes
- Cacops
- Eryops
- Eogyrinus
- Hynerpeton
- Dimetrodon
- Seymouria
- Edaphosaurus
- Diplocaulus
- Diictodon
- Lystrosaurus
- Gorgonops
- Lycaenops
- Scutosaurus
- Erythrosuchus
- Proterosuchus
- Euparkeria
- Postosuchus
Inactive sharks
- Otodus
- Squalicorax
- Orthacanthus
- Megalodon
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