Many of you probably already understand dinosaurs. This ancient animal is indeed very popular because of its physical shape and character. What’s more, dinosaurs often appear in Hollywood movies.
Most of us think that the oldest animals on earth are dinosaurs. In fact, there are still many animals that turn out to be old bees compared to dinosaurs, and are still alive today.
Summarized from various sources, here are 5 animals that are older than dinosaurs.
1. Millipedes (Millipedes)
Surely many do not think that millipedes or millipede is an animal that is older than the dinosaurs. In fact, millipedes have been around long before dinosaurs existed, which was discovered 400 million years ago. While dinosaurs were only discovered about 243 million years ago. There are other unique facts about this animal, even though it has the name millipede, the number of legs of this animal does not reach a thousand. The highest number of legs ever found in this animal is as many as 750.
2. Nautilus
Like millipedes, the nautilus existed long before dinosaurs existed. Even before millipedes existed. Nautilus has existed since 500 million years ago. Nautilus belongs to the squid and cuttlefish family, its habitat is on the sea floor.
During the day, these animals are at a depth of 900-2000 feet below sea level. While at night, it is at a depth of 500 – 300 feet below sea level. These animals are still alive today and get the nickname living fossils. Because it is very old and can still be found today.
3. Horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crab or in Indonesia, better known as scallops, are animals that are included in crustaceans. This animal has existed since 450 million years ago. Belangkas has blue blood due to the copper content in the blood. Horseradish blood is highly sought after because of its benefits in the world of health, namely to conduct drug and vaccine trials whose function is to determine whether there are bacteria in the ingredients.
4. Hagfish
Hagfish are also known as slime eels and belong to the class agnatha. The habitat of this animal is on the seabed. The defense system of this animal is to secrete mucus when threatened. Therefore this animal is also called the slime eel. It is known that this animal has existed since 330 years ago, so the hagfish is older than the dinosaurs.
5. Trilobita
Trilobites are animals that have books or strands that go inside phylum arthropods. This animal has been found since 521 million years ago. In fact, these animals have been extinct since 252 million years ago, when dinosaurs had not yet appeared.
That’s a review of 5 animals that turned out to be older than dinosaurs. It turns out that there are still ancient animals that are still alive and we can find them all around us.
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