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The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna (typically defined as animal species having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)), [1] which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. [2] The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are ...
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Pleistocene animals of Africa (2 C, 3 P) Pleistocene animals of Asia (2 C, 5 P) Pleistocene animals of Europe (1 P) Pleistocene animals of North America (5 C, 21 P) Pleistocene animals of Oceania (2 C, 1 P) Pleistocene animals of South America (1 C, 6 P)
Pleistocene reptiles of North America (2 P) Pages in category "Pleistocene animals of North America" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Pages in category "Pleistocene mammals of North America" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pleistocene. Vertical axis scale: millions of years ago. Base of magnetic polarity chronozone C2r (Matuyama). The Pleistocene (/ ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn, - stoʊ -/ PLY-stə-seen, -stoh-; [5][6] often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. Pleistocene mammals of Africa (68 P) Pleistocene mammals of Asia (2 C, 88 P) Pleistocene mammals of Europe (2 C, 74 P) Pleistocene mammals of North America (2 C, 96 P) Pleistocene mammals of Oceania (1 C)
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
Pleistocene wolf. During the Pleistocene, wolves were widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. [1] Some Pleistocene wolves, such as Beringian wolves and those from Japan, exhibited large body size in comparison to modern gray wolf populations. [2][3] Genetic analysis of the remains of Late Pleistocene wolves suggest that across their ...