The apex predator of every mythology that dared to dream one up, the European dragon is a city-sized, fire-breathing, flying fortress covered in scales harder than diamond. Its hoard of gold is matched only by its hoard of destruction—entire kingdoms have burned at the whim of a single irritated wyrm. Countless knights have tried to slay one; the dragon remembers none of their names.

The 40-foot, 9-ton apex predator that ruled the Cretaceous period with the strongest bite force ever measured in a terrestrial animal—12,800 pounds of bone-crushing fury. Its banana-sized teeth could pulverize anything that walked, ran, or made the fatal mistake of existing nearby. Sixty-six million years of extinction haven't diminished its reputation one bit.