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Quaternary animals of Oceania (6 C, 1 P) Quaternary animals of South America (4 C, 5 P) I. Quaternary invertebrates (4 C, 1 P) Q. Pleistocene animals (8 C, 3 P) V.
The Quaternary (/ k w ə ˈ t ɜːr n ə r i, ˈ k w ɒ t ər n ɛr i / kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), as well as the current and most recent of the twelve periods of the Phanerozoic eon. [3]
The Quaternary spans from 2.58 million years ago to present day, and is the shortest geological period in the Phanerozoic Eon. It features modern animals, and dramatic changes in the climate. It is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene. Megafauna of Pleistocene Europe (mammoths, cave lions, woolly rhino, reindeer, horses)
Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded history, specifically before they could be studied alive by ornithological science. They had died out before the period of global scientific exploration that started in the late 15th ...
Prehistoric animals of the Pleistocene epoch, existing between 2.58 million and 11.7 thousand years ago, during the early Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era See also the preceding Category:Pliocene animals
Life of the Quaternary period of geologic time, between 2.58 million years ago and the present time, during the Cenozoic Era ... Quaternary animals (9 C) F.
The extinction's extreme bias towards larger animals further supports a relationship with human activity rather than climate change. [150] There is evidence that the average size of mammalian fauna declined over the course of the Quaternary, [151] a phenomenon that was likely linked to disproportionate hunting of large animals by humans. [5]
The climate of the Chellian epoch was warm and humid as evidenced by the wild growth of fig trees and laurels.The animals characteristic of the epoch are the Elephas antiquus, the Rhinoceros, the cave bear, the striped hyaena [1] and the hippopotamus: Louis Lartet indeed called it the Hippopotamus Period.