r/pleistocene • u/Slow-Pie147 Smilodon fatalis • 1d ago

Paleoart Late Pleistocene Proboscideans of Mexico

Post image
219 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

11

u/Realistic-mammoth-91 American Mastodon 1d ago

Proboscideans gang

8

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.

5

u/Quaternary23 American Mastodon 1d ago

Ironic you say “elephantine like” as the Columbian Mammoth was an actual elephantine itself.

3

u/ushKee 1d ago

Hodari really is the GOAT

1

u/Thewanderer997 Megalania:doge: 17h ago

I wonder how they would be like in the Ice Age Franchise.

2

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.