Australopithecus
Quick Australopithecus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Pliocene Period throught the Early Pleistocene Period
- Lived in what is now Africa
- About as tall as a modern 9-year old human
- Weighed half as much as a toilet
- May have been omnivorous
Gigantopithecus
Quick Gigantopithecus Facts:
- Lived from the Miocene Period through the Pleistocene Period
- Lived in what is now Asia
- Almost twice the height of a refrigerator
- Weighed more than a horse
- Was an herbivore
- May have lived off bamboo
- May have been as strong as 20 men
Mesopithecus
Quick Mesopithecus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Miocene Period
- Lived in Eurasia
- Was as a third of the height of an adult gibbon monkey
- Weighed as much as a Chihuahua dog
- May have foraged at night
- Was an Herbivore
Ardipithecus
Quick Ardipithecus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Pliocene Period through the Early Pleistocene Period
- Lived in what is now Africa
- Was as tall as an 8 year old human boy
- Weighed 3 times more than a Dachshund dog
- Was an Omnivore
Proconsul
Quick Proconsul Facts:
- Lived during the Early Miocene Period
- Lived in what is now Africa
- Was named after a pair of circus monkeys
- Weighed half as much as a kangaroo
- Was about as tall as a 10 year old
- Was omnivorous
Paranthropus
Quick Paranthropus Facts:
- Lived from the Pliocene Period through the Pleistocene Period
- Lived in what is now Africa
- 3 different species made up this genus
- First species discovered in 1938
- Tallest species of this genus was over 4 feet tall
- Weighed less than a kangaroo
Dryopithecus
Quick Dryopithecus Facts:
- Lived during the Middle Miocene Period
- Lived all over Eurasia and Africa
- Was about 3 times the height of a bowling pin
- Was about the same weight as a Dachshund dog
- Its diet was mainly fruits
Quagga
Quick Quagga Facts:
- Lived from the Late Pleistocene Period all the way to the Modern Period
- Lived on the plains of South Africa
- Was half the length of a zebra
- Was half as heavy as a zebra
- Went extinct in 1883 in an Amsterdam zoo
Tarpan
Quick Tarpan Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene Period all the way to the Modern Period
- Lived in Eurasia
- Was about the size of a horse
- Was domesticated
- Had a wild temperament
- Went extinct in 1909 in Russia
Hyracotherium
Quick Hyracotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Early Eocene Period through the Middle Eocene Period
- Lived in what is now North America and Western Europe
- Also known as Eohippus
- Was smaller than a dalmatian
- Could probably have run as fast as a cat
Mesohippus
Quick Mesohippus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Eocene Period through the Middle Oligocene Period
- Lived in what is now North America
- Was smaller than a modern-day pony
- Ran about as fast as a white-tailed deer
- Was an herbivore
Hipparion
Quick Hipparion Facts:
- Lived from the Miocene Period through the Pleistocene Period
- Lived in what is now Asia, Africa, Europe and North America
- Was about the size and weight of a horse
- Could run as fast as a modern coyote
- Was an herbivore
Merychippus
Quick Merychippus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Miocene Period
- Lived in what is now North America
- Was about half the height of Napoleon
- Weighed less than a modern pig
- Was an herbivore
Pliohippus
Quick Pliohippus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Miocene Period through the Pliocene Period
- Lived in North America
- Was about the same size as a modern horse
- Could run as fast as a horse
- Was an herbivore
Mammut (Mastodon)
Quick Mammut Facts:
- Lived during the Late Eocene Period to the Early Oligocene Period
- Lived all over Africa, Asia, Europe and North America
- Was as tall as African bush elephants
- Tusks were longer than a car
- Was an herbivore
Phiomia
Quick Phiomia Facts:
- Lived during the Late Eocene Period to the Early Oligocene Period
- Lived all over Africa and Eurasia
- Was as tall as an Asian elephant
- Was as long as a rhinoceros
- Weighed less than an Asian elephant
- Was an herbivore
Platybelodon
Quick Platybelodon Facts:
- Lived during the Late Miocene Period
- Lived all over Africa and Eurasia
- Was as tall as an Asian elephant
- Was as long as a rhinoceros
- Weighed as much as a small car
- Was an herbivore
Deinotherium
Quick Deinotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Middle Miocene all the way to the Modern Period
- Lived all over Africa and Eurasia
- Was longer than an Asian elephant
- Weighed twice as much as an African bush elephant
- May have inspired "Giant" myths
- Was an herbivore
Mammuthus (Woolly Mammoth)
Quick Mammuthus Facts:
- Lived from the Early Pliocene to the Early Holocene
- Lived all over North America and Eurasia
- Was about the size of an African bush elephant
- Was only 1 of over a dozen species
- Went extinct 4,500 years ago
- Was an herbivore
Moeritherium
Quick Moeritherium Facts:
- Lived from the Late Eocene Period
- Lived in what is now North Africa
- Was about as long as a horse
- Weighed as much as a wild boar
- Only a distant cousin to elephants
- Was an herbivore
