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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following are lists of prehistoric animals: By type. Land and avian animals . List of prehistoric ...
The second largest prehistoric pinniped is Gomphotaria pugnax with a skull length of nearly 47 cm (19 in). [153] One of the largest of prehistoric otariids is Thalassoleon, comparable in size to the biggest extant fur seals. An estimated weight of T. mexicanus is no less than 295–318 kg (650–701 lb). [156]
The Houston Chronicle stated, "this reference work for the serious student combines succinct scientific descriptions with superbly rendered color illustrations". [1] In a positive review for Palaeos, M. Alan Kazlev wrote, "This is a very good non-technical introduction to prehistoric vertebrates" and "it is the sheer number and diversity of creatures covered here, that makes this book so ...
Ca. 37,000-year-old cub of Homotherium latidens found near the Badyarikha River, Siberia.. This is a list of Ice Age species preserved as permafrost mummies.It includes all known species that have had their tissues partially preserved within the permafrost layer of the Arctic and Subarctic.
This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits.
Spathobatis (from Greek: σπᾰ́θη spáthē, 'blade' and Greek: βατίς batis 'ray') [1] is an extinct genus of ray from the Jurassic period of Europe.. Spathobatis had a body similar to that of a modern guitarfish, being highly flattened and widened, specializing the creature for a life on the ocean floor.
A giant Tongan species, Brachylophus gibbonsi, similar in size and build to an iguana of the genus Cyclura once existed on Lifuka, islands in the Ha‘apai group and Tongatapu but became extinct in prehistoric times due to predation by humans and their domestic animals.
Entelodontidae is an extinct family of pig-like artiodactyls (even-toed ungulates) which inhabited the Northern Hemisphere (Asia, Europe, and North America) from the late Eocene [1] to the early Miocene epochs, about 38-19 million years ago.