Gomphotherium
Quick Gomphotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Early Miocene through the Early Pliocene Periods
- Lived in what is now North America, Africa, Europe and Asia
- Was about twice the length of a king-size bed
- Weighed more than a hippo
- Was an herbivore
- Ate 400 pounds of plants a day
Epicyon
Quick Epicyon Facts:
- Lived from the Middle through Late Miocene Periods
- Lived in North America
- Was as long as a lioness
- Weighed as much as a lion
- May have been a carnivore or an omnivorous scavenger
- Had powerful jaws
Tomarctus
Quick Tomarctus Facts:
- Lived from the Middle Miocene Period
- Lived in North and South America
- Was as long as a hyena
- Weighed less than a bulldog
- It was a carnivore
Amphicyon
Quick Amphicyon Facts:
- Lived from the Middle Oligocene through the Early Miocene Periods
- Lived in Asia, Europe and North America
- Was as long as a human adult male is tall
- Weighed as much as a lion
- It was an omnivore
Dire Wolf
Quick Dire Wolf Facts:
- Lived during the Rancholabrean North American Land Mammal Age
- Lived in North America
- Weighed half as much as a panda bear
- Was twice as long as a coyote
- It was a carnivore
- May have hunted horses
Megaloceros
Quick Megaloceros Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene through the Modern Period
- Lived on the plains of Eurasia
- Was as long as an elk
- Weighed as much as 10 white-tailed deer
- Was an herbivore
- Its antlers were longer than a car
Glyptodon
Quick Glyptodon Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene through the Modern Period
- Lived in the swamps of South America and North America
- Was as long as a Volkswagon Beetle
- Weighed as much as a small car
- Went extinct 10,000 years ago
Steller’s Sea Cow
Quick Steller's Sea Cow Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene through the Modern Period
- Lived on the shores of the North Pacific
- Was an herbivore
- Lived off a diet of kelp
- Was longer than a killer whale
- Weighed three times as much as a killer whale
- Was an aquatic mammal
- Went extinct in 1768
Andrewsarchus
Quick Andrewsarchus Facts:
- Lived during the Middle Eocene Period
- Lived in what is now Mongolia
- Was a carnivore
- May have fed on turtles and mollusks
- May have been the largest terrestrial carnivorous mammal
Elasmotherium
Quick Elasmotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene through the Modern Period
- Lived in Eurasia
- Also known as the Steppe Rhinoceros and the Giant Siberian Unicorn
- May have been the origin of the unicorn myth
- Horn may have been as long as a human male is tall
- Twice as long as a black rhinoceros
- Weighed as much as a hippo
- Was an herbivore
Indricotherium
Quick Indricotherium Facts:
- Lived during the Oligocene Period
- Lived on what is now the plains of Asia
- Was once known as Baluchitherium
- Is now also known as Paraceratherium
- May have had a prehensile lip
- Was as long as a semi-trailer
- Weighed more than 2-1/2 elephants
- Was an herbivore
Arsinoitherium
Quick Arsinoitherium Facts:
- Lived from the Late Eocene through the Early Oligocene Periods
- Lived on the plains of North Africa
- Was as long as a black rhino
- Weighed more than a cow
- Was an herbivore
Macrauchenia
Quick Macrauchenia Facts:
- Lived from the Miocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived on the plains of South America
- Was longer than a horse
- Weighed as much as a camel
- Was an herbivore
Chalicotherium
Quick Chalicotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Middle through the Late Miocene Period
- Lived on the plains of Eurasia
- Was about twice as tall as a refrigerator
- Weighed as much as 2 grizzly bears
- Was an herbivore
Sivatherium
Quick Sivatherium Facts:
- Lived during the Late Pliocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived in North America
- Was about as half the length of a London bus
- Weighed more than a grizzly bear
- Was an herbivore
Uintatherium
Quick Uintatherium Facts:
- Lived during the Middle Eocene Period
- Lived in North America
- Was about as long as a Volkswagen Beetle
- Weighed as much as rhinoceros
- Was an herbivore
Daeodon
Quick Daeodon Facts:
- Lived during the Miocene Period
- Lived in North America
- Name means "terrible pig"
- Was as almost as long as a saltwater crocodile
- Weighed more than a cow
- Was an Omnivore
Megalonyx
Quick Megalonyx Facts:
- Lived during the Miocene through the Modern Period
- Lived in North America
- Was 3 times longer than a modern sloth
- Weighed as much as a leather-back sea turtle
- Was an herbivore
Brontotherium
Quick Brontotherium Facts:
- Lived during the Late Eocene Period through the Early Oligocene
- Was longer than a white rhino
- Weighed more than a white rhino
- Was an herbivore
- Ate 120-200 pounds of vegetation a day
Thylacosmilus
Quick Thylacosmilus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Miocene through the Late Pliocene Period
- Was not a true sabre-tooth cat
- Was a marsupial
- Its saber-teeth grew its entire life
- Was as long as a a jaguar
- Weighed more than a lion
- Lived in South America
- Was a carnivore
