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This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) A and continues to the present day. 1. This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands. All large islands in the Mediterranean Sea are ...
Mesozoic mammals of Europe (2 C) N. ... Pages in category "Prehistoric mammals of Europe" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total.
This is a list of extinct animals of the British Isles, including extirpated species. Only a small number of the listed species are globally extinct (most famously the Irish elk, great auk and woolly mammoth). Most of the remainder survive to some extent outside the islands. The list includes introduced species only in cases where they were ...
An early species of boa previously known as Palaeopython fischeri. A minute boa previously regarded as a species of Messelophis. An extinct, possibly arboreal, relative of the modern basilisk lizard. A large species of lizard, reaching a length of 30 cm (12 in) and a weight of 1 kg (2.2 lb).
Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded history, specifically before they could be studied alive by ornithological science. They had died out before the period of global scientific exploration that started in the late 15th ...
Prehistoric mammals of Europe (4 C, 112 P) Pages in category "Extinct mammals of Europe" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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 ]
1926 [ 415 ] Extermination campaign. The Great Plains wolf has been later determined to be continuous morphologically [ 410 ] and genetically [ 416 ] with the still existing Mexican wolf, which would use the name C. l. nubilus if placed in the same subspecies, due to being the older one. Red-moustached fruit dove.