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Equus neogeus: The Prehistoric Horse of South America During the Pleistocene epoch, the landscapes of South America were home to a variety of massive mammals, among which was Equus neogeu...
Read Equus neogeus: The Prehistoric Horse of South AmericaGlyptodonts: The Armored Giants of the Pleistocene Imagine a creature with the appearance of a modern armadillo, but scaled up to the size of a small car. These were the glyptodonts, an e...
Read Glyptodonts: The Armored Giants of the PleistocenePleistocene Megafauna Extinctions Across Biogeographic Realms The Late Pleistocene was a period of dramatic biological turnover, characterized by the disappearance of the world's largest ...
Read Pleistocene Megafauna Extinctions Across Biogeographic RealmsMegafauna: The Giants of Earth's Past and Present In the study of zoology, megafauna refers to the largest animals on Earth. Derived from the Greek megas (large) and Neo-Latin fauna (anim...
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