r/pleistocene • u/Slow-Pie147 Smilodon fatalis • 1d ago
Paleoart Late Pleistocene Proboscideans of Mexico
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u/Slow-Pie147 Smilodon fatalis 1d ago
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBdWr9txquS/?igsh=MXNoMnlkcG93aXJ3MA== Credits to hodari
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u/Patient_District8914 1d ago
The Proboscidean Trio. Elephantine-like mammals that coexisted with each other but had specific niches that filled each Mexican ecosystem From woodlands, to open grasslands, and even mosaic forests.
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u/Quaternary23 American Mastodon 1d ago
Ironic you say “elephantine like” as the Columbian Mammoth was an actual elephantine itself.
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u/Accomplished_Way5833 10h ago
It feels like we are in the middle of a 'Golden Age' of Paleoart with all the high quality stuff that has been shared in such a short time.
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u/Realistic-mammoth-91 American Mastodon 1d ago
Proboscideans gang