Reflections of a Lifelong Paleonerd

Category: Mammals

Avocados & Giants: Companionship Through Life and Death

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date September 26, 2021
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Is there a connection between the avocados in your guacamole and extinct giant ground sloths? The answer may surprise you.

Tags avocados, Cenozoic, elephants, Extinction, fossils, Ground Sloths, Nature, palaeontology, Paleontology, Pleistocene, Prehistoric, prehistory

Mammals

The Fascinating Ancestry of the Sloth

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date July 16, 2020
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While sloths today are lethargic tree-dwellers, their ancestors were different beasts entirely. But what happened to these wonderful animals? And what does Thomas Jefferson have to do with them?

Tags Alaska, Argentina, Brazil, Cenozoic, Chile, Ground Sloths, Megalonyx, Megatherium, palaeontology, Paleontology, Peru, Plistocene, Prehistoric, prehistory, South America, Thalassocnus, USA

Mammals

The Evolution of The African Elephant

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date June 7, 2020
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A video on the five most important stages in Elephant evolution, done as a final project for Grade 11 biology.