Profiles Index - page 2
Pliohippus
This prehistoric horse was built for speed.
Parahippus
This "almost horse" had noticeably enlarged middle toes.
Palaeotherium
This tapir-like beast was remotely related to modern horses.
Orohippus
This prehistoric horse was a close relative of Hyracotherium.
Miohippus
This "Miocene horse" actually lived much earlier.
Mesohippus
This "middle horse" was about the size of a deer.
Hyracotherium
The horse formerly known as Eohippus.
Phiomia
An early ancestor of modern elephants.
Palaeomastodon
One of the earliest elephant-like proboscids.
Platybelodon
This prehistoric elephant came equipped with its own spork.
Phosphatherium
The earliest known ancestor of modern elephants.
Moeritherium
This ancient elephant was about the size of a pig.
Mammuthus (Woolly Mammoth)
The one, and only, woolly mammoth.
Primelephas
The immediate predecessor of the modern elephant.
Mammut (Mastodon)
Better known as the North American mastodon.
Gomphotherium
One of the earliest shovel-toothed elephants.
Deinotherium
One of the largest mammals ever to roam the earth.
Cuvieronius
One of the few prehistoric elephants to have lived in South America.
Anancus
This early elephant's tusks were as long as its entire body.
Homotherium
The last specimen of this "scimitar cat" died 10,000 years ago.
Smilodon
What most folks know as the "saber-toothed tiger."
Xenosmilus
This unclassifiable saber-tooth was discovered in Florida.
Thylacosmilus
A marsupial variant of the saber-toothed cat.
Proailurus
Could this have been the ancestor of all modern cats?
Megantereon
One of the most successful predators of the prehistoric plains.