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If you consider the combination of body size and diet of the species in the ecosystem before and after the extinction, we find a depauperate ecosystem with a much reduced ecological complexity. Here is that space in the Pleistocene...

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2022-09-23

Today's Spectember: Tiny-legged versions of big animals... Because I was inspired by Corgis and Munchkins.

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2022-09-18

[#Palevol] Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 (#Carnivora, from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia: systematics and new insights into...⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/4yBx8BoHln
✒️ - & Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE

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2022-09-16

Imagine trying to sleep in the dark Plio-Pleistocene nights, knowing unseen, silent monsters were prowling about, potentially looking for you :B Dinofelis is popularly imagined as a primate predator, but at least one study found Megantereon was a more frequent hominin hunter.

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2022-09-06

Had Cuphead a lot on my head lately, and since Smilodon was discovered in the 1800s, have a Rubberhose-styled Smilodon!

His name is "Smiley"

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2022-09-01

A variety of giant "tortoises" shared the planet with humans and other hominins during the Pleistocene and Holocene. Compare their size and discover where they lived with this amazing poster.

Design by

https://t.co/TjCpIbUBak

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2022-08-23

They fucking recreated the Pleistocene before Paleoartists did

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2022-08-10

A quick sketch of Teratornis and Antigone cubensis from the Pleistocene bird

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2022-08-08

Its the last day of There are no gaps left on our geological map, but fear not, we have one time period left: the Pleistocene!

This lasted from 2.5 million to 12000 years ago and covers a time of environmental change often called the Ice Age

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2022-08-07

The text for The Pleistocene Ring Chapter 6 is live. Sally makes a sacrifice for her family and the ring. https://t.co/Kj5xdG7208

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2022-08-02

Quinkana Quinkana leggy crocodile
Quinkana Quinkana travel many mile
It lives on the land
And eats what it wants
Very scary
Lots of teeth
Run away

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2022-07-18

Theriodictis was one of these dogs. It was prevalent in the Pampean region of what is today Argentina. It appeared during the early Pleistocene and coexisted with the huge bear Arctotherium angustidens and with Smilodon, both of which may have occassionally stolen its kills.

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2022-07-18

Some close ups!
- A Pleistocene: A Brown bear tries to scare off some lions from their Italian water buffalo meal
- A furious German Greater Rhea father chasing a red fox who is regretting his life at the moment.

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2022-07-17

Annnnd there we go! The latest batch for my No Man's Land setting, featuring at least two Pleistocene throwbacks: A pride of lions vs a bear, and a komodo vs some Taz devils!

Also Orcas!

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2022-07-17

Two species of Orcinus were brought from Southeast Asia during the Pleistocene. The smallest is today represented by the qrin, a pack hunting dolphin specialist. Their brutality has inspired an order of ferocious warriors notorious for killing, rarely done in Kaimeran warfare.

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2022-07-13

Paleo of wolf lineages endemic to Japan

"The Japanese wolf originated via waves of colonization of multiple Pleistocene wolf populations at 57–35 and 37–14 ka, respectively, followed by interpopulation hybridization."



⏯️https://t.co/iGn8cQg3Jt

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2022-06-10