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Praemegaceros solilhacus by WillemSvdMerwe. This large species of Deer inhabited Europe from the early middle Pleistocene to the Late middle Pleistocene.
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Praemegaceros solilhacus by WillemSvdMerwe. This large species of Deer inhabited Europe from the early middle Pleistocene to the Late middle Pleistocene.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 14 days ago
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A pair of Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica) hanging out with a male Giant Deer Megaloceros giganteus somewhere in Late Pleistocene Eurasia by Elena Moreno.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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The Cuban Giant Owl (Ornimegalonyx oteroi) by Elena Moreno. This was the largest owl species to have ever lived at up to 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) in height and 9 to 13.5 kg (20 to 30 pounds) in weight. It could likely fly but likely only did when it needed to roost or escape danger.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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A pair of Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) resting alongside an Elasmotherium sibiricum somewhere on the Siberian steppe during the Late Pleistocene by Elena Moreno.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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Late Pleistocene Megaloceros giganteus skulls from Ireland.

Skulls of Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799): (a-c) specimen MNINQ, no. F 7919: (a) lateral, (b) ventral, and (c) dorsal views; (d, e) specimen MNINQ, no. F 7913: (d) lateral and (e) ventral views; (f, g) specimen MNINQ, no. F 21231: (f) lateral and (g) dorsal views; (h, i) specimen MNINQ, no. F 20514/1: (h) dorsal and (i) ventral views; Ireland; Upper Pleistocene.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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The two mainland Mammoth species of Late Pleistocene North America by paleo_kc (Corbin Rainbolt). The Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and the smaller more famous Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius).

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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Somewhere in Late Pleistocene California, pair of Marriam’s Teratorns (Teratornis merriami) hunt for prey on ground while a Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) rest and soar nearby. Artwork by Mark Witton.

A Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) is depicted being swallowed whole by one of the Teratorns.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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Finsch’s Duck (Chenonetta finschi) by Paul Martinson. This medium sized duck inhabited New Zealand from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. It became extinct due to human hunting and invasive species.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 1 month ago
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Metriodiochoerus andrewsi of Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene eastern and Southern Africa by CamusAltamirano. This species belongs to a genus of large warthogs that inhabited Africa until the Late Pleistocene.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 2 months ago
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Tale of a fossil - Wrong step, by Artbyjrc. In late 1927 or early 1928, cavers discovered a nearly complete and fully articulated skeleton of a mature adult Shasta Ground Sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis) in Aden Crater in New Mexico, USA.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 2 months ago
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Somewhere on the former Hawaiian Island of Maui Nui (which separated into Maui and Molokai later on) during the Late Pleistocene, a Maui Nui Finch (Telespiza ypsilon) plucks some feather down from a molting Maui Nui Moa Nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous). Artwork by Julian Hume.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 2 months ago
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The Balearic Islands Goat (Myotragus balearicus) by Nix Illustration. This small to medium sized caprine inhabited the Balearic Islands of Mallorca and Menorca in the western Mediterranean from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene (around 4,500 years ago).

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 2 months ago
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A 27,000 year old (Late Pleistocene) skull of a Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) from the La Brea Tar Pits of Southern California.

u/Apart_Ambition5764 — 2 months ago