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The Late Pleistocene saw the extinction of many mammals weighing more than 40 kilograms (88 lb), including around 80% of mammals over 1 tonne. The proportion of megafauna extinctions is progressively larger the further the human migratory distance from Africa, with the highest extinction rates in Australia, and North and South America.
Mammals portal; Prehistoric mammals of the Pleistocene epoch, during the Quaternary Period. Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 ...
A marsupial lion skeleton in the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia. The term Australian megafauna refers to the megafauna in Australia [1] during the Pleistocene Epoch.Most of these species became extinct during the latter half of the Pleistocene, and the roles of human and climatic factors in their extinction are contested.
Macrauchenia became extinct as part of the end-Pleistocene extinction event at the end of the Late Pleistocene, around 12–10,000 years ago, along with most large mammals native to the Americas. The extinctions followed the arrival of humans in the Americas , [ 34 ] which in South America occurred at least 14,500 years ago (as evidenced by ...
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves .
The Pleistocene Epoch animals of Africa, during the Pleistocene epoch of the Quaternary Period in Africa. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Genus Titanis (Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Florida, California, and Texas) [9] [46] CT scan of the skull of P 14357, holotype of Andalgalornis ferox in the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History. Subfamily Patagornithinae — intermediate sized and very nimble species, standing around 5.4 feet (1.6 m) high
Pages in category "Pleistocene mammals of North America" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.