How the Elephant Got Its Trunk. Rimasuchus bites the trunk of Mammutid Zygolophodon. Early Miocene Egypt.
A perfectly preserved skull of Olsen’s Alligator (Alligator olseni) from the early Miocene of Florida.
The new study examined the status of Antarctic ice sheets during the Early Miocene, around 18-16 million years ago, which experienced both warm and cold periods. During warmer periods, sea level rose by up to 60 metres – the equivalent of melting all the ice currently on the Antarctic continent. imperial.ac.uk/news/23265…
More Peruvian Condors! Perugyps diazi by hoatziraptor. Another large condor of the Miocene and early Pliocene of Peru.
The tusked whale, Odobenocetops leptodon, from the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Peru. Art by Nix Draws Stuff on Tumblr.
The transition from a closed to an open lake in the Pannonian Basin System (Croatia) during the Miocene Climatic Optimum: Sedimentological evidence of Early Miocene regional aridity sciencedirect.com/science…
Daeodon shoshonensis, a genus of entelodont artiodactyl from middle Oligocene to early Miocene North America. They were the last and largest of the entelodonts, about 3 m. long and stood 1.8 m. tall. by R. Bonna Coêlho
Skeleton of the “Hell Pig”, Daeodon shoshonensis, from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of North America.
Megalictis, the giant bone-crushing mustelid of the Early Miocene
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
Simbakubwa kutokaafrika: Giant Hyainailourine from Early Miocene Africa
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
Sketches of Early Miocene notoungulates from South America. Notoungulates were morphologically diverse with species resembling animals from other continents, such as rhinos, rabbits, rodents, chalicotheres, and horses.
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.
Daeodon shoshonensis, a genus of entelodont artiodactyl from middle Oligocene to early Miocene North America. They were the last and largest of the entelodonts, about 3 m. long and stood 1.8 m. tall. by R. Bonna Coêlho
Astrapotherium, an ungulate species from the early-middle miocene of Argentina and Chile.
Borhyaena, pursuit hunter of Early Miocene Patagonia
Skeleton of the “Hell Pig”, Daeodon shoshonensis, from the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene of North America.
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.
A rare male scorpion preserved in amber was uncovered in the Miocene (23-15 million year old) Caiaphas amber of Mexico. Tityus apozonalli is a new species of early scorpion closely related to other Neotropical fossil species. This specimen was discovered by a farmer in a hand-dug dirt pit.
Mesocyon coryphaeus. Lived in the late oligocene to early miocene [OC] (IG: _jonartan_)
Daeodon shoshonensis, the Largest Enteldont from the Early Miocene of North America.
The Large Proboscidean, Deinotherium giganteum, From the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene of Asia.
Daeodon shoshonensis, the Largest Enteldont from the Early Miocene of North America.
A rare male scorpion preserved in amber was uncovered in the Miocene (23-15 million year old) Caiaphas amber of Mexico. Tityus apozonalli is a new species of early scorpion closely related to other Neotropical fossil species. This specimen was discovered by a farmer in a hand-dug dirt pit.
Harpacochampsa is a poorly known Early Miocene crocodilian from the Bullock Creek lagerstätte of the Northern Territory, Australia. The current specimen consists of a partial skull and fragments of a slender snout reminiscent of that of a false gharial.
The Heracles inexpectatus, a large, possibly flightless, parrot that stood up to a meter tall and weighed 7 kg. It lived in early-Miocene New Zealand
A rare male scorpion preserved in amber was uncovered in the Miocene (23-15 million year old) Caiaphas amber of Mexico. Tityus apozonalli is a new species of early scorpion closely related to other Neotropical fossil species. This specimen was discovered by a farmer in a hand-dug dirt pit.
A rare male scorpion preserved in amber was uncovered in the Miocene (23-15 million year old) Caiaphas amber of Mexico. Tityus apozonalli is a new species of early scorpion closely related to other Neotropical fossil species. This specimen was discovered by a farmer in a hand-dug dirt pit.
The skull of Nesodon imbricatus, an early member of the family Toxodontidae from the Miocene period
Ruminant mesowear reveals consistently browse-dominated diets throughout the early and middle Miocene of eastern Africa sciencedirect.com/science…
The skull of Nesodon imbricatus, an early member of the family Toxodontidae from the Miocene period
An arid phase in the Internal Dinarides during the early to middle Miocene: Inferences from Mg-clays in the Pranjani Basin (Serbia) sciencedirect.com/science…
Zygophyseter: this macroraptorial early sperm whale (a close cousin of Livyatan) terrorized the Paratethys Sea of the Mediterranean region during the late Miocene. They are often referred to as “killer sperm whales” due to their size and niche, which is very similar to that of living orcas.
Entelodonts are an extinct family of pig-like omnivores from the middle Eocene to early Miocene epochs (37.2—16.3 million years ago), existing for about 21 million years. The largest of them were standing up to 2.1 m (6.9 ft) tall at the shoulder
Fruits of Scirpus (Cyperaceae) from the early Miocene of Weichang, Hebei Province, North China and their palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications link.springer.com/article…
[Self] Early Miocene Era Petrified Wood Carved into Fireplace
Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown: In the early Miocene Epoch, temperatures were 10 degrees warmer & ocean levels were 50 ft higher. New report finds striking similarities between climate change patterns today & millions of yrs ago. sciencedaily.com/releases…
