the largest crocodile ever existed. The Late Miocene period - lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma. They said it could exert a pressure up to 11.5 tonnes. That is 20 times the strength of a white sharkโs bite.
Fossils of the giant aquatic sloth, Thalassocnus natans (specimen MNHN.F.SAS734), from the Late Miocene coast of Peru.
Elasmotherium is an extinct genus of large rhinoceros endemic to Eurasia during Late Miocene through Pleistocene, existing at least as late as 39000 years ago in Late Pleistocene.
Thalassocnus natans was a species of aquatic sloth from the Late Miocene of Peru. reddit.com/gallery/rsffvm
Danomuraโs Sperm Whale (Kogia danomurai) from the Late Miocene of Peru by Jaime Bran on Twitter.
A young Megalodon (Otodus megalodon) joins forces with a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), to clean up a rotting carcass of an Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) in the Late Miocene off the coast of Venezuela.
Something found near Shell Point Beach. St Marks formation - Late Miocene. reddit.com/gallery/s2s2y0
Skull of the largest hyena that ever lived, Dinocrocuta gigantea, from the Late Miocene of Asia.
A young Megalodon (Otodus megalodon) joins forces with a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) to basically clean up this dead Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) off the coast of Venezuela in the Late Miocene. By JuliotheArtist on Twitter.
The tusked whale, Odobenocetops leptodon, from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Peru. Art by Nix Draws Stuff on Tumblr.
Skeleton of the โHell Pigโ, Daeodon shoshonensis, from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of North America.
Ceratogaulus was a burrowing mammal from the late Miocene and early Pliocene. Also known as the horned gopher, this creature is the only rodent to have ever had horns. More facts about this interesting animal in my latest video [OC] youtu.be/EyMc-GqhTyA
One of the largest saber-toothed predators of all time, Barbourofelis fricki, from the Late Miocene of North America. Art by Mauricio Anton.
Ceratogaulus was a burrowing mammal from the late Miocene and early Pliocene. Also known as the horned gopher, this creature is the only rodent to have ever had horns. More facts about this interesting animal in my latest video [OC] youtu.be/EyMc-GqhTyA
Livyatan melvillei, a species of sperm whale that had the largest teeth of any animal (excluding tusks, which are functionally different). Livyatan was found globally during the Late Miocene, where it was the only direct competitor of adult Otodus megalodon. Art by Saul Martel.
While Modern Elephants Have Only a Single Pair of Tusks, it Appears That Two Pairs is the Ancestral Condition. Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Was an Early Elephantid From the Late Miocene of Africa.
Late Miocene tree stump hoodoo
The Largest Predatory Bird Currently Known, Kelenken guillermoi, from the Late Miocene of South America.
Great white tooth embedded in a late Miocene rock I found
Late Miocene tree stump hoodoo
๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด : A Chimerical Amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene Carnivore Traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain) reddit.com/gallery/okumim
Size comparison and info of the fauna of the Late Miocene (~12 million years ago) of Columbia. It was an ecosystem dominated by large crocodylians and large predatory birds.
Bambolinetta lignitifila was a species of duck from the Late Miocene of Italy. It was likely a flightless, wing-propelled diver similar to a penguin.
Skeleton of the โHell Pigโ, Daeodon shoshonensis, from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of North America.
A size comparison of Zygolophodon borsoni, a large proboscidian from the Late Miocene of North America. This genus possessed the longest tusks of any mammal.
๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด : A Chimerical Amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene Carnivore Traps of Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, Spain) reddit.com/gallery/okumim
The Large Proboscidean, Deinotherium giganteum, From the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Asia.
Sinotherium was a genus of single-horned elasmotheriine rhinoceros that lived from the late Miocene to Early Pliocene.
One of the largest species of Proboscids to ever live, the shovel-tusked elephant ,Deinotherium giganteum, from the Late Miocene of Romania.
Reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the late Miocene apes Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus based on vestibular morphology pnas.org/content/118/5/e2โฆ
Proailurus is an extinct felid genus that lived in Eurasia approximately 25 million years ago in the Late Oligocene and Miocene.
Stegotetrabelodon, a basal Elephantid from the Late Miocene with two pairs of tusks
Mesocyon coryphaeus. Lived in the late oligocene to early miocene [OC] (IG: _jonartan_)
The Large Proboscidean, Deinotherium giganteum, From the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Asia.
Various crocodylians of the Urumaco formation during the Late Miocene, by Gabriel Ugueto.
Hoplitomeryx Was a Genus of Artiodactyl (Even-Toed Hoofed Mammal) From the Late Miocene of Italy that Possessed 5 Horns and Saber-Like Canines.
Barbourofelis fricki, a Large Feliform Carnivore from the Late Miocene of North America
Granastrapotherium snorki, a 3.5 ton ungulate mammal from the Late Miocene of South America. This species and itโs relatives had features that made them appear to have evolved convergently with proboscideans.
Indonesian Blue Amber/mid-late Miocene (~10-20 million years old)/West Java, Indonesia imgur.com/3UGq63P
Found some late Miocene leaf fossils close to home
Bramatherium, a giraffid from Asia that lived during the late Miocene and Pliocene
A Thylacosmilus atrox skull. This ancient beast inhabited South America during the late Miocene.
The shovel tusker Amebeledon roved around North America in the late Miocene, about 9 million years ago
Permanent closure of the Tethyan Seaway in the northwestern Iranian Plateau driven by cyclic sea-level fluctuations in the late Middle Miocene sciencedirect.com/scienceโฆ
