Best Extinct Pleistocene
Sthenurus is an extinct genus of large, short-faced kangaroo belonging to the family Sthenuridae, which lived throughout Pleistocene-era Australia. These marsupials were heavily built, with estimates suggesting they weighed well over 100 kilograms. They are distinguished from modern macropods by the...
The thylacoleo was a large carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. This extinct diprotodont is notable for having one of the strongest bite forces ever recorded among mammals, proportionally greater than any living animal today. Its powerful jaws and specialized t...
Diprotodon was a massive extinct marsupial native to ancient Australia. It represents one of the largest land mammals ever to exist, reaching sizes comparable to modern rhinoceroses. This giant herbivore, belonging to the Diprotodontia group, thrived during the Pleistocene epoch until approximately...
The Beringian Steppe, also called the mammoth steppe, was a cold, productive grassland ecosystem that existed during the Pleistocene epoch across Alaska, eastern Siberia, and the exposed Bering land bridge connecting Asia and North America. It supported large grazing mammals such as mammoths, bison,...
Zygomaturus is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupial from the Pleistocene of Australia, closely related to the larger Diprotodon. It was a heavily built herbivore distinguished by a broad skull and prominent cheekbones (zygomatic arches). Fossils have been recovered primarily from sites in sou...
Procoptodon was a massive extinct marsupial native to Pleistocene-era Australia. This giant macropodiform, reaching heights of up to two meters and weighing approximately 230 kilograms, is notable for being the largest kangaroo species ever recorded. It existed for roughly 46,000 years before its di...
Dinornis robustus, the South Island giant moa of New Zealand, stood up to 3.6 meters tall and was driven to extinction by Māori hunters within roughly two centuries of Polynesian settlement around 1280 CE.
Palorchestes is an extinct genus of large marsupial that lived in Australia from the Late Oligocene until the Pleistocene epoch. Members of the family Palorchestidae, they were closely related to modern wombats and koalas within the order Diprotodontia. Fossil remains indicate these animals possesse...
Extinct brush-tailed penguin related to the living Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins, known from fossil deposits in the southern hemisphere.
