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Phiomia was an early member of the Proboscidea; distantly related to true Elephants. Remains are known from the Faiyum region of Egypt; from the Late Eocene to the Early Oligocene.

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2021-05-12

An intelligent mammal species. Notably, had a distinct, guttural language and lived in small societies. Went extinct sometime in the Oligocene.

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2020-07-05

Meet 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘪, a tiny, newly described and the earliest known from North America. This discovery sheds light on mustelid and in the Oligocene.
Out now in our April issue! https://t.co/uq7vJMkh69

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2020-04-17

The is set in the early just after the WIP by Dani Long and Tod Wills. We used this page to show various strange creatures of that time. Can you name them?

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2019-07-18

My submission at Concurso Internacional de Ilustraçao de Dinossauros. I wanted to depict a group of Kairuku grebneffi, swimming alongside to Megalampris keyesi. A snapshot from a submerged New Zealand of the Oligocene.

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2019-06-27

and the last for today, Arktocara yakataga, a small platanistoid from the oligocene.

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2019-03-07