Anyone have a list of ancient creatures?

Question

More along the lines of myth or legendary creatures. I need a list that explains their weakpoints and their relationship with humans.

Answer 1

Go here: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/bestiary/articles.html

Encyclopedia Mythica has a great mythical creatures section with information on many cultures. :)

Answer 2

The fossil is the latest in a list of ancient creatures including sabre-toothed kangaroos, horned "devil wallabies" and the unlikely-sounding "demon duck of doom" that are reshaping views of Australia's prehistoric past.

The 25-million-year-old whale fossil has forced scientists to rethink the evolution of baleen whales, the placid giants which feed by using fine hair-like fibres in their mouths to filter plankton from the sea.

"The fossil proves the baleen whale, including toothless filter-feeders like the blue whale, often thought of as gentle giants of the sea, were not always so giant or gentle," Monash University graduate researcher Erich Fitzgerald told AFP.

While baleens are large -- with the blue whale reaching up to 30 metres (98 foot) -- the prehistoric predator was a swift hunter-killer only 3.5 metres (11.5 foot) long that fed on fish and small sharks, Fitzgerald said.


Scientists in Australia have discovered a fossilised ancient relative of the blue whale, seen here, with a fearsome razor-toothed appearance that has seen it dubbed 'the T-rex of the oceans'
He said it also had large eyes, like a modern great white, to compensate for its lack of sonar.

"(It was) Australia's very own T-rex of the oceans," he said.

The whale fossil was discovered in a limestone rock in the late 1990s by a teenage surfer at Jan Juc Beach in Victoria state.

Formally known as "janjucetus hunderi", the fossil lay unstudied for years until Fitzgerald spotted it on the desk of a PhD student.

"As soon as I saw it I realised it was something new," Fitzgerald said

Answer 3

~If you truly "need" such a list, get off the computer and hit the books. Or isn't the need great enough to put forth a little effort?

Answer 4

Ancient creatures....hmmm....my ex mother-in-law...my ex mother-in-law before her morning coffee.... my ex mother-in-law before her morning cigarette....nah, just being a smart*** here.....I agree with ChiChi