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18.12.2015 16:39 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch. ch.14 Giraffids,Tapirids and Equines
Giraffids (Giraffidae)
The giraffids evolved from a group of even-toed ungulates in the early Miocene almost 25 million years ago. They formed part of a relatively late mammal diversification that also produced cattle, antelopes, and dee...
The giraffids evolved from a group of even-toed ungulates in the early Miocene almost 25 million years ago. They formed part of a relatively late mammal diversification that also produced cattle, antelopes, and dee...
18.12.2015 16:30 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.13 Elks and Mooses
Cervidae
The Cervidae first appear as fossils in the early Miocene of Asia, where they expanded into a wide variety of niches (and were thus able to dominate over the bovids which arrived later). During the Miocene, members of this fami...
The Cervidae first appear as fossils in the early Miocene of Asia, where they expanded into a wide variety of niches (and were thus able to dominate over the bovids which arrived later). During the Miocene, members of this fami...
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Encyclopedia Largest Prehistoric Animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.12 Pantodonts,Oreodonts,Taeniodonts and Condylarths
Cimolestids (Cimolesta)
The largest cimolestid is Coryphodon, 1 metre (3.3 ft) high at the shoulder and 2.25 metres (7.4 ft) long.
The largest cimolestid is Coryphodon, 1 metre (3.3 ft) high at the shoulder and 2.25 metres (7.4 ft) long.
18.12.2015 16:12 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.11 Camels and Litopterans
Camels, Llamas, Guanacos, Alpacas, and Vicuсas
1. Camelops 2. Oxydactylus 3. Aepycamelus 4. Alticamelus 5. Stenomylus
1. Camelops 2. Oxydactylus 3. Aepycamelus 4. Alticamelus 5. Stenomylus
17.12.2015 15:58 -
Encyclopedia Largest Prehistoric Animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.10 Whales - Giant monster Leviathan and the largest of any marine animal Balaenopter
The largest fossil Odontocete ("toothed whale") was the Miocenephyseteroid whale Livyatan melvillei which was estimated to be between 13.5 and 17.5 meters in length. One notable feature of L. melvillei was its teeth which could exceed 36...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.10 Whales - King lizards whales and killer dolphins
Whales
The evolution of whales has been a mystery. How did a large, big-brained mammal -- air-breathing, warm-blooded, giving birth to live young -- come to live entirely in water, when mammals evolved on land? The discovery of many fos...
The evolution of whales has been a mystery. How did a large, big-brained mammal -- air-breathing, warm-blooded, giving birth to live young -- come to live entirely in water, when mammals evolved on land? The discovery of many fos...
17.12.2015 15:09 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.9 Desmostylians and Sirenians
Sirenians (Sirenia)
1. Metaxytherium 2. Protosiren 3. Hydrodamalis 4. Prorastomus 5. Pezosiren
1. Metaxytherium 2. Protosiren 3. Hydrodamalis 4. Prorastomus 5. Pezosiren
17.12.2015 14:31 -
Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.8 Entelodonts and Pigs
Entelodonts
Entelodonts (properly Entelodontidae) have generally been regarded as suiforms (close kin to pigs and peccaries) but some recent analyses have found the sampled members of the group to be members of the hippo + cetacea...
Entelodonts (properly Entelodontidae) have generally been regarded as suiforms (close kin to pigs and peccaries) but some recent analyses have found the sampled members of the group to be members of the hippo + cetacea...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.7 Hippos and Hyraxes
Hippopotamuses, Choeropsis & Hexaprotodons
1. Kenyapotamus 2. Siamotherium 3. Archaeopotamus 4. Anthracotherium 5. Merycopotamus
Until 1909, naturalists grouped hippos with pigs, based on molar patterns. Several lines of evidence, f...
1. Kenyapotamus 2. Siamotherium 3. Archaeopotamus 4. Anthracotherium 5. Merycopotamus
Until 1909, naturalists grouped hippos with pigs, based on molar patterns. Several lines of evidence, f...
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Encyclopedia Largest prehistoric animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.6 Rodents,Erinaceomorphs and Lagomorphs
Rodents (Rodentia)
The single largest group of mammals is the Rodentia. Most non-flying mammals are rodents: there are about 1,500 living rodent species (out of about 4,000 living mammals overall). Most people are familiar with mice, ra...
The single largest group of mammals is the Rodentia. Most non-flying mammals are rodents: there are about 1,500 living rodent species (out of about 4,000 living mammals overall). Most people are familiar with mice, ra...
16.12.2015 19:58 -
Encyclopedia Largest Prehistoric Animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.5 Proboscideans-Mammuthus
Genus † Mammuthus
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, proboscideans commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived from the Pliocene epoch (from around...
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, proboscideans commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived from the Pliocene epoch (from around...
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Encyclopedia Largest Prehistoric Animals Vol.1 Vertebrates part1 Mammals ch.5 Proboscideans-Elephantidae,the closest giant relatives of modern elephants
Family † Elephantidae
Genus † Stegotetrabelodon
Genus † Stegotetrabelodon
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