Pleistocene megafauna

About 100 thousand years ago the Italian fauna was much more diversified than the present one: we had animals still existing today, such as hippos, leopards, lions, hyenas and moose; we had endemic dwarf elephants, inhabitants of the European Pleistocene megafauna such as cave bears and lions, the Megaloceros, the steppe bison and the mammoth, as well as various types of rhinoceros. Diversity that with the end of the ice ages and with the arrival of mankind has gradually decreased more and…

Re-wilding North America: Nature 436, 913-914 (18 August 2005) North America lost most of its large vertebrate species — its megafauna — some 13,000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene. And now Africa's large mammals are dying, stranded on a continent where wars are waging over scarce resources. However much we would wish otherwise, humans will continue to cause extinctions, change ecosystems and alter the course of evolution. Here, we outline a bold plan for preserving some of our…

Arctotherium is an extinct genus of South American short-faced bears within Ursidae of the late Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene.

Homotherium Pliocene-Pleistocene

Description HD poster in the premium gallery (without watermark) Reference: www.deviantart.com/paleonerd19… Tabuce et al, 2019; wikipedia

Featured in the Prehistoric Times Magazine ▲ Dromornis sturtoni protects it's chicks from the prowling 'Powerful Thylacine', an extinct relative of the late Tasmanian Wolf. Faunal Key ▲ 1) Thylacinus potens, 2) Dormornis sturtoni, 3) Tarsipedid sp., 4) Pyramio alcootense, 5) Cacatuidid sp., 6) Pheonocopterid sp. My work was recently featured in Prehistoric Times. This issue (#109 of March, 2014) is available for purchase through the Prehistoric Times website and can also be found in select…

Beringian Lion | Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre