Which would give you greater pleasure? 1) Going back to the Permian period to observe Dimetrodons for a few hours. 2) Going back to Pleistocene and hanging out with Homo erectus for a few hours. (Assume you will return safely and have no deleterious impact on history.)

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Im on a Epoch good roll this week so here is an elk / The furr patterns are based on findings on cave paintings witch u can see on the second pic here;

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Ummmmmm...... hi. Pleistocene megafauna peeps. We’re getting a MAMMOTH EMOJI THIS YEAR!!!!!

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Concept for an illustration. Miami, Florida 12,000 years ago: Smilodon fatalis (a sabertooth cat) stalking prey in a densely vegetated hammock. Hey if you ever do an exhibit on South Florida Pleistocene life you have here a local paleoartist👋😊

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Pleistocene shmeistocene!

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The Megalocerus, or Irish Elk. From the
Pleistocene epoch, and depicted in ancient art from this time. Stood at 2 meters, with antlers that could reach a span of 3.

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The Shloom (Tachyglossus Tridactyla Afer) Is An Extinct Species Of Echidna, Giant Anteater And Aardvark. The Genus Was Endemic To Australia, Living From The Miocene Through To The Pleistocene Epochs.

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The Ceprano skull. European Middle Pleistocene. Credit: Manzi G (2016) https://t.co/W72tNdxeCv

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A large Mammuthus imperator quietly forages in a nearby forest.

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Newly found, 300,000 year old from Hualongdong The remains are said to "foreshadow changes evident with modern human emergence, but primarily reinforce Old World continuity through Middle to Late humans." https://t.co/sYMwoZ7qjc

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The bush-antlered deer (Eucladoceros dicaranios) from the early Pleistocene of Europe & Asia.

(Credit: Satoshi Kawasaki)

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Equus Pinocchio Is An Extinct Species Of Donkey That Lived During The Pleistocene Of Italy. It Grew Up To 2 Meters In Height.

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Quick sketch/speed paint of the weird Pleistocene South American liptoptern: Macrauchenia. Usually reconstructed with a trunk, this was most likely not present as the front of the snout is completely covered by bone (unlike in trunked animals)

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My little Pleistocene unicorn

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This is one piece back from 2016, reconstruction of an irish elk, Megaloceros giganteus, surrounded by a group of snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis). Megaloceros lived in Eurasia between late Pliocene and late Pleistocene, becoming extinct shortly after the last ice age.

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Like for regular old current day North American fauna: Retweet for fuckin sweet ass North American Pleistocene era megafauna:

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Some Furaffinity commissions!

Drcocoadragon - Pleistocene - Lykos_Thebes
(2016-2017)

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Extinction of Late Pleistocene vultures was skewed towards large species and attributed to a decline in the diversity of large terrestrial mammals. No wonder Old World vultures are struggling today with food shortages being just one of many threats (Galetti et al., 2017)

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For here's a walrus posing for a holiday snap during a busy day in Pleistocene Doggerland (a landmass now under the north sea). The walrus is our modern species, but most of the other species are extinct.

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Drawing of the extinct horse from the Pleistocene of Bogota savannah, Equus neogeus.
Dibujo del caballo extinto del Pleistoceno de la Sabana de Bogotá, Equus neogeus.

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