These animals found the era of dinosaurs, they witnessed the ice age and experienced many less fortunate fellows.
In today's collection, presents the most ancient animals among the living on Earth. Surprisingly, for hundreds of thousands of years the appearance of these inhabitants of our planet has not changed.
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10. Platypus
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Platypus is a mammal, although it has an undeniable resemblance to reptiles. The age of this species of animals is about 110 million years. It is believed that the first platypuses appeared on the territory of modern South America, but then migrated to the region that eventually became Australia.
9. Ant
These insects are considered the oldest on the planet. In addition, scientists have long been intrigued by the amazing intelligence of ants and their complex social organization. Over the millions of years of its history, the appearance of the ants has hardly changed.
8. Spider-Gold Spyder
The most ancient of spiders appeared on the planet more than 165 million years ago. Goldfires are known for their solid cobweb of an unusual golden hue. Meet these ancient spiders in Tanzania, South Africa and Madagascar.
7. Echidna
Echidna is related to another ancient animal - platypus. Echidnae and proehidny live in Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. Unfortunately, one of the three genera of the Echidov family has already disappeared from the face of the Earth. And procheids are among the rarest and most unusual animals on the planet.
6. Shard of
This freshwater crustacean of the class of gill-legged animals appeared on the Earth about 230 million tapes ago. The size of the shield is from 3 to 10 cm. These creatures have so far been little studied and therefore of great interest to scientists.
5. Hatteria( toadara)
This reptile looks like an iguana. The dimensions of the hatteria do not exceed 75 cm. The age of these ancient creatures is more than 220 million years. Gatteria are very few and live on several small islands of New Zealand.
4. Crocodile
These reptiles appeared on Earth about 250 million years ago. Crocodiles can be called "cousins" of dinosaurs. Surprisingly, crocodiles have much in common with modern birds.
3. Latimeria
This cystpiper fish is the only surviving species from the multitude that lived on Earth about 300-400 million years ago. The location of the coelacanth organs is very different from modern fish, which makes it truly a unique creation.
2. Cockroach
These insects live on Earth much longer than we are with you - about 320 million years. Modern science knows more than 4,500 species of cockroaches. To survive in the harshest periods of earth history, cockroaches were helped by the amazing ability to do without food and water for long periods.
1. Neopylin
These cephalopods appeared in the terrestrial ocean about 400 million years ago. A small but very hardy creature has a shell with a diameter of only 2 cm. It is curious that unlike modern mollusks, neopilines can distinguish between the right and left sides.
