Day 22: Platybelodon grangeri

This Ambelodontid proboscidean was a strange relative of modern elephants from the Miocene of Africa and Eurasia, famous for their shovel-like lower jaws and extended lower incisors.

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Stoat

The Stoat is a broad classification for the 37 subspecies that are identified throughout the world, and are endemic to North America, Greenland, Eurasia, and New Zealand.

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Paleo Fact!

Platybelodon (Flat Spear Tusk) is a proboscidean from Middle Miocene Africa, Eurasia, and North America! It's probably most well-known for its distinct long, shovel-like lower jaw! It was previously thought that it'd use this- (1/2)

Art by Tomasz Jedrzejowski!

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Illustrations by Karl-Heinz Döhring of some ethnic groups in Eurasia, among others Georgian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Avar, Kabardian, Adjarian, Abkhaz and Ossetian.

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ยูเรเซีย จงเจริญ!!!
Евразия, процветающая !!!
Eurasia, prosperous!!!

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fun fact: yoimiya's constellation means a type of small golden or orange-red freshwater fish found in eurasia, such as goldfish !

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It's so I thought you might enjoy these Platybelodons 😃A proboscidean (group that incl. elephants🐘) that lived ~15-5 mya in Eurasia, Africa & N. America. These are in the Beijing Museum of Natural History. by Nikolai Litvinenko.

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While brutal cold continues over parts of Eurasia, anomalous (poleward) transport of heat+moisture will bring well above average temperatures to the North Pole over the next week...

[Maps from https://t.co/3ktgI4YE1j and https://t.co/hX8LvnNqVp]

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Of the seven species of bullfinch, the Eurasian Bullfinch was the first to be given that name. They can be found across the whole of temperate Eurasia, from Portugal to furthest tip of Russia, with some having been found on the western tip of Alaska.

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Pero para mustélidos grandes de verdad, esperad a conocer las comadrejas y tejones gigantes que hubo por ahí en el Mioceno:
-Megalictis ferox (Norteamérica)
-Ekorus ekakeran (#Kenia)
-Eomellivora wimani (Eurasia, representado en nuestro Cerro de los Batallones, (#Madrid) https://t.co/D4kZwi3gTM

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Good evening everyone! Tonight’s prehistoric mammal of the day is the chalicothere! Chalicotheres lived during the Pleistocene. They grew to 8.5 feet tall. They have been found in North America, Eurasia, and Africa. See you explorers tomorrow!🤠
Credit: Dmitry Bogdanov

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Foxglove (As it Was) is native to Eurasia, but also grown as an ornamental in N. America. Many recognize its genus name, Digitalis, as a poison and the plant is very toxic. However, foxglove is also a source of digoxin, which is used to treat heart failure. 16/

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Los elegantes y bellos cisnes (género Cygnus) integran la tribu Cygnini dentro de la subfamilia Anatinae en la familia Anatidae. Actualmente hay 6 especies, que viven en Eurasia, América y donde vive el único cisne negro (dibujo: Martza).

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The field mouse genus Apodemus is widely distributed across but its evolutionary history is unclear. Find out more about the dispersal and origins of this group and the discovery of a new in the high mountains of south-eastern https://t.co/GExtkRIil5

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Stoat

The Stoat is a broad classification for the 37 subspecies that are identified throughout the world, and are endemic to North America, Greenland, Eurasia, and New Zealand.

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Dynamo is the X-Series' most evil man. He did its worst atrocity without remorse. He's just having fun doing his job. No one knows he crashed Eurasia, allowed Gate's uprising, and created the need for Red Alert.

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