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This category may include prehistoric animals of the Arabian Peninsula area as it was part of the African continent millions of years ago. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures North African elephant: Loxodonta africana pharaoensis: North Africa: Neolithic rock art indicates that the African bush elephant inhabited much of the Sahara desert and North Africa at the beginning of the Holocene, and Ancient authors wrote that it was present in the Atlas Mountains, the Red Sea coast, and Nubia until the first few ...
This is a list of non-avian dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered in Africa. Africa has a rich fossil record. It is rich in Triassic and Early Jurassic dinosaurs. African dinosaurs from these time periods include Megapnosaurus, Dracovenator, Melanorosaurus, Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, Abrictosaurus, and Lesothosaurus.
In West Africa, the wet phase ushered in an expanding rainforest and wooded savanna from Senegal to Cameroon. Between 9000 and 5000 BC, Niger–Congo speakers domesticated the oil palm and raffia palm. Two seed plants, black-eyed peas and voandzeia (African groundnuts), were domesticated, followed by okra and kola nuts. Since most of the plants ...
Mesozoic mammals of Africa (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric mammals of Africa" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
More than 260 dinosaur footprints discovered in Brazil and Cameroon provide further evidence that South America and Africa were once connected as part of a giant continent millions of years ago.
In West Africa, which may have been a major regional cradle in Africa for the domestication of crops and animals, [27] [28] Niger-Congo speakers domesticated the helmeted guineafowl [29] between 5500 BP and 1300 BP; [27] domestication of field crops occurred throughout various locations in West Africa, such as yams (Dioscorea praehensilis) in ...
Ordovician animals of Africa (1 C, 3 P) A. Paleozoic amphibians of Africa (1 C) Paleozoic arthropods of Africa (2 C) B. Paleozoic brachiopods of Africa (4 P) C.