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Prior to the neolithic era. Hippos lived on the island of Cyprus. The cypriot pygmy hippopotamus, (hippopotamus minor), was a dwarf species. It’s primarily known from fossil remains. Because it is extinct
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Climate change and human activities have historically impacted large mammalsStudying the Cypriot pygmy hippopotamuses provides us with the context for current wildlife and biodiversity conservation efforts. BiologyThe Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus was much smaller than the modern common hippopotamus. It was around…
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Pathera spelaea were the cave or steppe lions. With robust bodies adapted to cold climates. It has been said they were top ecosystem predators
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Scientifically known as Panthera spelaea. The cave lion is an extinct species of big cat that lived prior to the neolithic period. During the pleistocene epoch, roughly between 370,000, and when it became extinct around 13,000 years ago (1). Cave lions…
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Syncerus antiquus, is an extinct species of buffalo, from the late pleistocene of Africa. It had horns almost 10 feet long, allowing it to potentially survive into the holocene
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Living during the pleistocene, syncerus antiquus is considered an ancestors of the modern African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)It holds the distinction of being the largest bovid described from Africa. (1) Description and biologyAccording to explorer Auguste Pomel, who was able to examine…
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Pelorovis (“monstrous sheep”) is an extinct genus of African wild cattle which existed during the Pleistocene epoch. Males weighed 4400lb
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > It’s believed pelorovis lived from the pliocene, to the holocene. Roughly 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago. It is an extinct genus of large African bovines (or, wild cattle). Biology and descriptionPelorovis species were notable for their large size and impressive…
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Commonly known as the ‘giant jaguar’. Panthera onca augusta, is a species of jaguar that survived from about 2 million years ago, until about 11,700 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Skeletal parts, including jaws and teeth, of the giant jaguar. Were discovered on the Platte river, of Nebraska, in 1872, by Ferdinand Vandeveer HaydenHe sent them to Joesph Leidy, at the academy of natural sciences in Philadelphia. Who named them felis augustus…
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Giant short faced bear, or arctodus simus, the 10,000 year old fear factor
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Does something standing 12 feet tall, weighing 1500lbs, and that can travel 28 miles per hour entice you? How about limb crushing, vice like teeth designed for shearing? Would you be afraid?? In quaternary north America, the late pleistocene represents a…
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Protected: Snowmastodon: On Oct 14, 2010, fossils were discovered by accident, during the construction of a reservoir to supply Snowmass ski village with water
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Protected: Sabre tooth cats, most recognized from a giant find at Los Angeles La Brae tar pits, has a genus name that comes from Brazilian fossils in 1842
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Neolithic tar sands, in Los Angeles: Rancho La Brea
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > La Brea tar pits, an extensively active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Natural asphalt (asphaltum, bitumen, pitch, or tar) was found near Hancock Park. Dating from at least 3500 BC, the tar preserved the bones of trapped Neolithic animals.…