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Prehistoric animals of Prehistoric Africa This category is for Animals of Africa that are only known from fossils. For recently extinct species, see Extinct animals of Africa .
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 ...
Please note that species which died out before 1500 should be listed in the relevant subcategory of Category:Prehistoric animals rather than in this category. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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.
Warrior/Shepherd figures and animals of the Pastoral period. The prehistory of East Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in East Africa. Between 1,600,000 BP and 1,500,000 BP, the Homo ergaster known as Nariokotome Boy resided near Nariokotome River, Kenya. [1]
Prehistoric animals of Africa (7 C, 8 P) E. Extinct animals of Madagascar (3 C, 15 P) M. Extinct animals of Mauritius (1 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Extinct animals ...