extinct
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Perhaps, in an ironic twist of fate, the truly original summertime creature feature went extinct before the onscreen dinosaurs could.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ungulates are hoofed mammals, although many extinct South American forms looked very different from familiar animals such as horses and deer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Water voles use to be fairly common in the Hogsmill River catchment but the species, immortalised as Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, was "locally extinct" until 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Researchers in Los Angeles have made a ribbiting new discovery at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum — an extinct amphibian from the ice age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Cyrene’s other principal local export was silphion, a plant that is now extinct but whose products had a universe of uses in antiquity.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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