Prehistoric Megafauna

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  1. 3. this giant mammal unlike its modern relative we think didn't build dams.
  2. 6. This prehistoric mammal migrated from South to North America and has a slightly smaller relative called arctodus.
  3. 8. This is the largest mammal that ever lived on land as far as scientists know.
  4. 10. This ancient elephant relative had the longest tusks of any known animal
  5. 11. this epoch's name means "most new."
  6. 14. This prehistoric megafauna could be twenty feet tall and has been found in the La Brea Tar Pits.
  7. 15. This large mammal was the size of a car and had a dome shaped shell that was covered in protective plates called scutes.
  8. 17. This epoch's name means "dawn of the new."
  9. 18. scientists were excited to discover this "one humped" ancient animal's fossils in northern Canada near Greenland.
  10. 20. Scientists were able to figure out this was the largest primate ever discovered based on a fossilized teeth and a jawbone; It surprisingly probably didn't climb trees.
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  1. 1. This herbivore probably lived on the grasslands in herds and tough skin and a two pronged horn on its head.
  2. 2. This is the common name for an Australian prehistoric insectivore with a scientific name that starts with a Z.
  3. 4. this was the largest of all prehistoric mammal carnivores we have discovered in the fossil record.
  4. 5. This fierce Miocene super-carnivore's jawbone was discovered in Kenya.
  5. 7. this epoch's name means "more new."
  6. 9. This epoch's name means "less new."
  7. 12. Nicknamed the "Siberian unicorn," this prehistoric mammal probably had a very long horn on its head
  8. 13. this epoch's name means "few new" referring to the lack of mollusks or seashells found in the fossil record.
  9. 16. this ancient megafauna lived on the plains of North America during the Pleistocene and had a set of horns that were seven feet wide.
  10. 19. this is the giant deer relative from the Pleistocene is also known as megaloceros.