Prehistoric Bugs; impressive, long lasting, and forgotten. Let’s give extinct bugs some love at a lightning fast speed, where I try to cover the most impressive and important bugs of prehistory
Wikipedia Articles for the animals if you want to learn more about them:
Anomalocaris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris
Aegirocassis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegirocassis
Sanctacaris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctacaris
Trilobites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite
Eurypterids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurypterid
Jaekelopterus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaekelopterus
Hibbertopterus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibbertopterus
Pneumodesmus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumodesmus
Trigonotarbida: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonotarbida
Attercopus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attercopus
Arthropleura: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura
Griffinflies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganisoptera
Palaeodictyoptera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeodictyoptera
Dictyoptera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyoptera
Diptera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly
Hymenoptera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoptera
Titanomyrma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanomyrma
Hell Ant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haidomyrmecinae
Sources Used:
https://www.livescience.com/18734-giant-ancient-fleas-discovered.html
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/anomalocaris.html
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sanctacaris.html
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/the-arthropod-story/meet-the-cambrian-critters/classifying-cambrian-critters/
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/comments/S0960-9822(15)00927-6
https://www.the-educated-ape.com/blog/arthropods-and-their-evolution-additionally-how-they-preclude-a-global-flood-and-young-earth-creationism
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/carboniferous-period
https://cob.silverchair-cdn.com/cob/content_public/journal/jeb/201/8/10.1242_jeb.201.8.1043/1/1043.pdf?Expires=1647573153&Signature=c-M6i3LAb6l1TXjIb9W2liAsoNTYTVb1GRM9v8lfsqUqO6i8qm3CeM5SOPt3tAYdSuEjVeFargN8k29H1YiZMbwtZHgQ0~pUjL5POaSjI8AqW~9c01CfrNxs9ICCYK2XaGaHvwwvNvP~Z-ZY~oCMM6ZUuv9zlfrDS6E15GdshwPUrk0VDfZ3ajupAUxbhKHA24jUG~zSt2yWnc5l-NQ8OKRyYv3RTqGH9ewaxsy5JP-YE1iSdP787dldA~HYBQCeS8IdzMy7oWW6dm5iNxt2Jrxg7sTf7hFFyMyhQWWIznU8oIgorXzX8Jff~aSijxfZotqHZpoo7SCEdIwD3j7Jwg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4511787/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/140319-ancient-stick-insect-science-plants-evolution
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)31000-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982220310009%3Fshowall%3Dtrue