Genus † Sinomastodon

Sinomastodon ("Chinese mastodont") is an extinct gomphothere genus (of order Proboscidea), from the Late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene deposits of south-east Asia (China, Japan, and Indonesia). It is not t...

Elephantimorpha
                   Family † Mammutidae
                                        Genus † Zygolophodon

 Elephants,mammoths,mastodons and kin (Proboscidea)
The elephants and their extinct relatives,including mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, deinotheres, barytheres,and others, make up the Proboscidea.
The two living species of elephants (El...

Elasmotheriini

The rhinocerotoids of the early Eocene and subsequently the Hyracodontidae and Amynodontidae show no sign of dermal armour or horns. The oldest known genus of rhinocerotids, or true rhinoceroses, is Teletaceras from t...

Rhinocerotidae

True rhinos are members of the family Rhinocerotidae. Compared to other perissodactyl families, true rhinos got off to a late start and do not appear in the fossil record until about 40 million years ago; most of the othe...

Rhinocerotoidea

Rhinocerotoidea (order Perissodactyla, suborder Ceratomorpha) A superfamily that comprises the rhinoceroses and their relatives, grouped into the families Hyracodontidae, Amynodontidae, and Rhinocerotidae.They are believ...

The Largest Beasts to Walk the Earth
It seems that at least once a year, news of the “largest dinosaur ever found” makes headlines. That’s because almost all the contenders for the biggest saurian are so fragmentary that...

Hyaenodontidae

1. Thinocyon 2. Megistotherium 3. Hyaenodon 4. Sinopa 5. Tritemnodon

Hyaenidae

1. Adcrocuta 2. Hyaenictitherium 3. Pachycrocuta 4. Protictitherium 5. Ictitherium

Pinnipeds
1. Acrophoca 2. Allodesmus 3. Aivukus 4. Enaliarctos 5. Thalassoleon
One popular hypothesis suggested that pinnipeds are diphyletic (descended from two ancestral lines), with walruses and otariids sharing a recent common ancesto...

Mesonychids (Mesonychia)

Mesonychia is a group of archaic hoofed mammals present in the Paleocene and Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America.They are generally considered to be cursorial, Hyaena-like, scavenging carrion-feeders. M...

Homotherini

Homotherini is an extinct tribe of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae.The tribe is commonly known ascimitar-toothed cats.These saber-toothed cats were endemic to North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America f...