Saber Tooth Squirrel
Cronopio Dentiacutus (Saber Tooth Squirrel)
Quick Facts:
Lived in late cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago)
4-6 inches long
Had long canine teeth
Lived...
Morganucodon
Quick Morganucodon Facts:
- Lived during the Late Triassic Period
- Lived in what is now Asia, Europe and North America
- Weighed as much as a "AA" battery
- Could run as fast as a mouse
- Was an insectivore
Megazostrodon
Quick Megazostrodon Facts:
- Lived from the Late Triassic Period through the Early Jurassic Period
- Lived in what is now Africa
- Weighed as much as a "AA" battery
- Was an insectivore and/or herbivore
- Could probably run as fast as a mouse
Repenomamus
Quick Repenomamus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived in what is now Asia
- Was the length of an armadillo
- Weighed more than 2 gallons of paint
- Was a carnivore
Purgatorius
Quick Purgatorius Facts:
- Lived from the Late Cretaceous Period
- Lived in what is now North America
- Was smaller than a squirrel
- Lived in trees
- Was an omnivore
Dinofelis
Quick Dinofelis Facts:
- Lived from the Pliocene Period through the Pleistocene
- Lived in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America
- Was about the size of a panther
- Lept on prey from trees
- Was a carnivore
- May have hunted hominids
Smilodon
Quick Smilodon Facts:
- Lived from the Early Pleistocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived in North America and South America
- Was smaller than a modern lion
- Ambushed prey from tree branches
- Was a carnivore
Proailurus
Quick Proailurus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Oligocene Period through the Early Miocene Period
- Lived in Eurasia
- Was a little larger than a modern cat
- Weighed as much as a Dachshund dog
- Was a carnivore
Machairodus
Quick Machairodus Facts:
- Lived from the Late Miocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived in Africa, Eurasia and North America
- About the size of a modern lion
- Was a carnivore
- Couldn't run quickly
Homotherium
Quick Homotherium Facts:
- Lived from the Pliocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived in what is now North America, South America, Africa and Eurasia
- About as long as a black panther
- Was a carnivore
- May have gone extinct due to human hunting, increased competition and climate change
- Was adapted to high altitudes
Megantereon
Quick Megantereon Facts:
- Lived from the Late Oligocene Period through the Pleistocene Period
- Lived in Africa, North America and Eurasia
- Was half the size of a North American mountain lion
- Was a carnivore
- May have hunted hominids
Rodhocetus
Quick Rodhocetus Facts:
- Lived during the Early Eocene Period.
- Lived of the coast of central Asia
- Was about as long as a dolphin
- Weighed more than a horse
- Was a carnivore
- Lived on a diet of fish and squids
Dorudon
Quick Dorudon Facts:
- Lived during the Late Eocene Period.
- Lived all around the world
- 3 times longer than a Chinese alligator
- Twice as heavy as an American alligator
- Ate fish, smaller sharks and mollusks
Pakicetus
Quick Pakicetus Facts:
- Lived during the Early Eocene Period.
- Lived around the shores of what is now India and Pakistan
- About the size of dog
- Lived entirely on land
- Ate Fish
Ambulocetus
Quick Ambulocetus Facts:
- Lived during the Early Eocene Period.
- Lived around the shores of what is now India
- About the size of an American alligator
- Could live on land or in water
- Was a carnivore
Basilosaurus
Quick Basilosaurus Facts:
- Lived during the Late Eocene Period.
- Fossils were made into furniture in the Southeastern U.S.
- Had a bite 5 times more powerful than a Gray Wolves
- Was longer than a semi-trailer
- Weighed as much as a ship's anchor
- Was a carnivore
Leviathan (Livyatan)
Quick Leviathan Facts:
- Lived during the Miocene Period
- Was longer than a semi-trailer
- Weighed as much as 6 elephants
- Had sharp teeth that were almost as long as a bowling pin
- Was probably as fast as a blue whale
- Was a carnivore
- Lived on a diet of small whales, dolphins and prehistoric seals
Megaladapis
Quick Megaladapis Facts:
- Lived from the Pleistocene Period through the Modern Period
- Lived in Madagascar
- Looks a lot like a sloth
- Was shorter than a refrigerator
- Weighed as much as an octopus
- May have been the origin of the Big Foot legend
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
