Pleistocene

Mastodon

Saber-toothed Cat (Smilodon)

  • When: Pleistocene
    (2.5 million to 10,000 years ago)
  • Where: North and South America
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 160–280 kg
  • Length: 1.6–2.2 meters
  • Diet: Carnivorous
  • Discovered: 1842

Woolly Mammoth

Woolly Rhinoceros

  • When: Pleistocene
    (3.6 million to 10,000 years ago)
  • Where: Asia
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 1,800–2,700 kg
  • Length: 3.5 meters
  • Diet: Herbivorous
  • Discovered: 18th century

Gigantopithecus

  • When: Miocene to Pleistocene
    (9 million–100,000 years ago)
  • Where: Asia
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 500 kg
  • Length: 3 meters
  • Diet: Herbivorous
  • Discovered: 1935

Glyptodon

  • When: Pleistocene
    (2 million–10,000 years ago)
  • Where: South America
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 1–2 metric tons
  • Length: 3 meters
  • Diet: Herbivorous
  • Discovered: 1839

Megaloceros

  • When: Pleistocene
    (400,000–8,000 years ago)
  • Where: Europe, Asia
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 700 kg
  • Length: 3.5 meters
  • Diet: Herbivorous
  • Discovered: 1799

Megatherium

  • When: Pleistocene
    (2 million–10,000 years ago)
  • Where: South America
  • What: Mammal
  • Weight: 4 metric tons
  • Length: 6 meters
  • Diet: Herbivorous
  • Discovered: 1796

Titanis

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