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The following are lists of prehistoric animals: By type. Land and avian animals. List of prehistoric amphibian genera; List of prehistoric mammals;
Hyracodon ('hyrax tooth') is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal.. H. nebraskensis skull, found near Hermosa, South Dakota.. It was a lightly built, pony-like mammal of about 1.5 m (5 ft) long.
Many areas of the state exposed now were covered in shallow seas and were home to a variety of prehistoric animals and fauna. Interest in New Jersey's hidden gems goes back over 200 years.
Dinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini.It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene).
The more than 300-million-year-old fossilized hell-spawn remains of the spider-like creature were found preserved in ironstone in central France.
Despite being found close to the human remains known as the La Brea Woman, the dog remains proved to by approximately 7.000 years younger. This means that there is no connection between the dog and human remains of La Brea. Another larger individual was initially thought to be a distinct species. † Giant jaguar [22] [33] [11] † Panthera ...
Miracinonyx (colloquially known as the "American cheetah") is an extinct genus of felids belonging to the subfamily Felinae that was endemic to North America from the Pleistocene epoch (about 2.5 million to 16,000 years ago) and morphologically similar to the modern cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), although its apparent similar ecological niches have been considered questionable due to anatomical ...
Sifting through the dirt, they found more than 24,000 artifacts, including shards of clay pots and other vessels; stone points used on spears, arrows and hand tools; and at least one piece of jewelry.