Directory of Mammals Resources

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The earliest mammal identified so far is from about 45 million years ago, but we are more familiar with the ones from 10,000 to 70,000 years ago. These co-existed with the first humans, and are better known because of cave paintings, mummified carcasses, tools made from bones, and other remains.

Subcategories

• Mammoths
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• Sabre-tooth Tigers

Resources in This Category

• Ashfall Animals

  http://ashfall.unl.edu/ashfallanimals.html
  Describes a 10 million year old volcanic ash deposit in Nebraska which contains the remains of rhinos, camels, horses and other mammals which once lived in the area.

• Ice Age Mammals

  http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/mammals/Iceagemammals.shtml
  Looks at some of the mammals that lived during the last ice age, with pictures of what they might have looked like.

• Paleocene Mammals of the World

  http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/
  A detailed and illustrated guide to the first 10 million years of their evolution.

• Utah's Ice Age Animals

  http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/dinofossil/iceage/iceage.htm
  Describes the discovery of the remains of a sabre-toothed cat, mammoths, and a short-faced bear.

• Wikipedia: Glyptodon

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon
  History and anatomy of this huge armadillo-like mammal.

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