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Toxodon

***Toxodon*** (meaning "bow tooth") is an extinct of mammals from the to epochs ( to in the ) (about 11.6 million to 5000 years ago). It is a member of , one of several now extinct orders of hoofed mammals indigenous to South America. It was among the largest and last members of its order, and was probably the most common large-hoofed South American mammal of its time.
Borhyaena

Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 17.5 and 15.5 million years ago in Patagonia, Argentina and Chile. Borhyaena was a predator and had a large head and a long, powerful neck similar to living hyenas. Its legs were cursorial, albeit less specialized than those of wolves or the marsupial thylacine. The most complete specimen is estimated to have weighted 23 kilograms and stood 50 centimetres at the shoulders.
Megalonyx

Megalonyx is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, which was endemic to North America from the Hemphillian of the Late Miocene through to the Rancholabrean of the Pleistocene, living from ~10.3 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 10.289 million years. Type species, M. jeffersonii, measured about 3 m and weighed up to 1,000 kilograms.
Apidium

The genus Apidium is that of at least three extinct primates living from the late Eocene to the early Oligocene, roughly 30 million years ago. Apidium fossils are common in the Fayoum deposits of Egypt. Fossils of the earlier species, Apidium moustafai, are rare; fossils of the later species Apidium phiomense are fairly common.
Godinotia

* Godinotia was a prosimian mammal, similar to the lemurs and the aye-aye of the modern age. About the size of a modern house cat, it was active mostly at night, not during the day unlike the true monkeys, such as Apidium, though it wasn't bothered by daylight either.

* Godinotia was lived during the Eocene, 49 MYA, and is found only in Messel, Germany.

* Godinotia is an extinct genus of strepsirrhine primate belonging to the Adapidae family. It lived during the Eocene epoch, and its fossils have been found in the Messel Pit, Germany.
Neocnus

Neocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloth, whose species ranged across Cuba and Hispaniola. Neocnus would have resembled a typical megalonychid ground sloth, though much smaller, with a longer tail and a broad trunk, as well as lissome limbs and long claws. This sloth was known for having caudal vertebrae that were broad, a trait shared with other ground sloths, indicating that this animal, like the tamandua of today, likely used its tail to stand upright. The caniniform teeth of the Neocnus were large and triangular, and its skull was deep and had a large, sagittal crest which, when used with the deep mandible likely allowed strong exertion by the masticatory muscles.
Megaloceros

The Irish elk also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene, from Ireland to Siberia to China. A related form is recorded in China during the Late Pleistocene. The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in Siberia.
Procoptodon

Procoptodon is a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah, the largest-known kangaroo that ever existed, stood approximately 2 m. They weighed about 200–240 kg. Other members of the genus are smaller, however; Procoptodon gilli is the smallest of all of the sthenurine kangaroos, standing approximately 1 m tall.
Ursus maritimus tyrannus

Ursus maritimus tyrannus is an extinct subspecies of polar bear, known from a single fragmentary ulna found in the gravels of the Thames at Kew Bridge, London. It was named by the Finnish paleontologist Björn Kurtén in 1964 and is interpreted to represent a relatively large subadult individual: the ulna is estimated to have been 48.5 cm long when complete, for comparison, modern subadult polar bear ulnae are 36–43 cm long.
Whalewolf

The **Whalewolf**, formerly known as **Akhlut,** is the main antagonist of the TV series *Ice Age*.

The DNA of a wolf and a killer whale in an experiment that transforms into a gigantic whale/wolf hybrid with the brain of a human.

The Whalewolf is a quadrupedal creature with a digitigrade stance and a white and black coloration (like that of a killer whale). Its head is that of a wolf, as is its overall body shape. However, it also possesses the tail flukes and large dorsal fin characteristic of killer whales.

The Whalewolf possesses the following powers and abilities:

* Sharp teeth
* Fast swimming
* Claws
* Human intelligence

The Whalewolf is killed after it is bombed by several fighter jets.

* The Whalewolf's appearance is a reference to the Akhlut, a spirit from Inuit folklore that took the form of a killer whale/wolf hybrid.
Western Wolf

The wolf, also known as the grey/gray wolf or timber wolf, is a canine native to the wilderness and remote areas of Eurasia and North America. It is the largest extant member of its family, with males averaging 43–45 kg and females 36–38.5 kg. It is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy and predominantly a mottled gray in color, although nearly pure white, red, and brown to black also occur. Mammal Species of the World, a standard reference work in zoology, recognises 38 subspecies of C. lupus.
Notocaiman

Notocaiman is an extinct genus of alligatorid crocodylian. A fragmentary and poorly preserved left dentary found in the Peñas Coloradas Formation of Argentina that presumably dates back to the Paleocene epoch, is all that is known from the genus. It may be a junior synonym of Eocaiman. Similarities between the remains of Notocaiman and comparable material from the alligatoroid Listrognathosuchus have been observed, but have not been taken as evidence for synonymy. The type species, N. stromeri, was named in 1937.
Aurochs

The aurochs, also known as urus or ure, is an extinct species of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle; it has also been suggested as an ancestor genetically to the modern European bison, which have been crossbred with steppe bison. The species survived in Europe until 1627, when the last recorded aurochs died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland.
American Dad! (NatureRules1 Version)

* **Stan Smith - Gigantopithecus blacki**
* **Francine Smith - Phiomia serridens**
* **Hayley Smith - Deinotherium giganteum**
* **Steve Smith - Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)**
* **Roger Smith - Megalania prisca (Varanus priscus)**
* **Klaus Heissler - Knightia eocaena**
* **Jeff Fischer - Baiji (Chinese River Dolphin)**
* **Jack Smith - Hyaenodon horridus**
* **Betty Smith - Zeuglodon isis**
* **Rusty Smith - Gigantornis eaglesomei**
* **Sooleawa'Uha Smith - Otodus poseidoni**
* **Glen Smith - Physogaleus tertius**
* **Gwen - Madtsoia bai**
* **Baba Ling - Carcharocles chubutensis**
* **Mama Ling - Kairuku grebneffi**
* **Nicholas Dawson - Giraffa jumae**
* **Cassandra Dawson - Protopithecus bonariensis**
* **Janet - Agriotherium sivalensis**
* **Henry Fischer - Amphimachairodus kabir**
* **Greg Corbin - Machairodus robinsoni**
* **Terry Bates - Amphechinus major**
* **Liberty Belle** "**Libby**" **Corbin-Bates - Titanoboa cerrojonensis**
* **Tank Bates - Carbonemys cofrinii**
* **Avery Bullock - Paraceratherium bugtiense**
* **Avery Jr. - Eohippus validus**
* **Jackson - Icaronycteris index**
* **Dick Reynolds - Quinkana babarra**
* **Reginald the Koala - Giant Koala**
* **John Sanders - Sivatherium maurusium**
* **Ray - Puppigerus sp.**
* **Bad Larry - Pristichampsus rollianti**
* **Duper - Eocaiman palaeocenicus**
* **Bill - Notocaiman stromeri**
* **Lorraine - Anthracosuchus balrogus**
* **Ellen Riggs - Pelagornis miocaenus**
* **Principal Lewis - Hippopotamus gorgops**
* **Barry Robinson - Scimitar-Cat (Homotherium serum)**
* **Snot Lonstein - Andrewsarchus mongoliensis**
* **Toshi Yoshida - Pakicetus attocki**
* **Akiko Yoshida - Sivapithecus indicus**
* **Debbie Hyman - Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus)**
* **LIsa Silver - Pelorovis howelli**
* **Vince Chung - Ancient Bison (Bison antiquus)**
* **Lindsey Coolidge - Steppe Bison (Bison priscus)**
* **Linda Memari - Elephant Bird (Aepyornis maximus)**
* **Bob Memari - Eremotherium rusconi**
* **Chuck White - Platygonus compressus**
* **Buckle - Glyptotherium mexicanum**
* **Sharri Rothberg - Western Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes)**
* **Sergei Kruglov - Pliohyracidae**
* **Father Donovan - Puijila darwini**
* **Al Tuttle - Hesperocyon coloradensis**
* **Santa Claus - American Cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani)**
* **Stelio Kontos - African Mammoth (Mammuthus africanavus)**
* **Grizzly** **Bear (Night of the Hurricane) - Vulpes skinneri**
* **Great White Shark (Night of the Hurricane) - Pleistocene Coyote (Canis latrans orcutti)**
Canis armbrusteri

Armbruster's wolf is an extinct species of the genus Canis that was endemic to North America and lived during the Irvingtonian stage of the Pleistocene epoch. It is notable because it is proposed as the ancestor of one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, the dire wolf. It was suggested to be much larger than the dire wolf and the grey wolf, weighing about 70 kg, and was probably a solitary hunter.
Rhinoceroses in Ancient China

The existence of rhinoceroses in ancient China is attested both by archaeological evidence and by references in ancient Chinese literature. Depictions of rhinoceroses in ancient Chinese art are typically very accurate and lifelike, suggesting that they were modelled first-hand by the artist on living rhinoceroses rather than being based on legend or traveller's tales. The main species of rhinoceros that lived in China in ancient times has been identified as the Sumatran Rhinoceros, more especially the Northern Sumatran rhinoceros although the Indian Rhinoceros and Javan Rhinoceros were also present.
Genyornis

Genyornis newtoni was a large, flightless bird that lived in Australia. Over two metres in height, they were likely either omnivorous or herbivorous. They became extinct 30±5 thousand years ago. Many other species became extinct in Australia around that time, coinciding with the arrival of humans. Their closest living relatives are fowl.
Chatham Raven

The Chatham raven is an extinct raven formerly native to the Chatham Islands. The closely related New Zealand raven, C. antipodum occurred in the North and South Islands of New Zealand. C. antipodum was formerly included in C. moriorum, and later considered a distinct species, however in 2017 genetic researchers determined that the two raven populations were subspecies rather than separate species.
Leptictidium

Leptictidium is an extinct genus of small mammals that were likely bipedal. Comprising eight species, they resembled today's elephant shrews. They are especially interesting for their combination of characteristics typical of primitive eutherians with highly specialized adaptations, such as powerful hind legs and a long tail which aided in locomotion. They were omnivorous, their diet a combination of insects, lizards and small mammals. One of the first branches to split from basal eutherians, they appeared in the Lower Eocene, a time of warm temperatures and high humidity, roughly fifty million years ago. Although they were widespread throughout Europe, they became extinct around thirty-five million years ago with no descendants, probably because they were adapted to live in forest ecosystems and were unable to adapt to the open plains of the Oligocene.
Basilosaurus

Basilosaurus is a genus of prehistoric cetacean that existed during the Late Eocene, 40 to 35 million years ago. The first fossil of B. cetoides was discovered in the United States and was initially believed to be some sort of reptile, hence the suffix -saurus, but it was later found to be a marine mammal. Richard Owen wished to rename the creature Zeuglodon, but, per taxonomic rules, the creature's first name remained permanent. Fossils of B. isis have been found in Egypt and Jordan.
Longnose Gar

The longnose gar is a primitive ray-finned fish of the gar family. It is also known as the needlenose gar. L. osseus is found along the east coast of North and Central America in freshwater lakes and as far west as Kansas and Texas and southern New Mexico. The gar have been present in North America for about 100 million years.
Lystrosaurus

Lystrosaurus was a herbivorous genus of Late Permian and Early Triassic Period dicynodont therapsids, which lived around 250 million years ago in what is now Antarctica, India, and South Africa. Four to six species are currently recognized, although from the 1930s to 1970s the number of species was thought to be much higher. They ranged in size from a small dog to 2.5 meters long.
Futureshark

* The Future Shark was an unnamed shark species from the future. They apparently lived near the shoreline inhabited by Mer Creatures.

* Future Sharks were tan/brown in colour and were close to the size of an average car and had a similar anatomy to modern day sharks, though they additionally had a cartilaginous spikes on both their dorsal fins, both pectoral fins but none on their pelvic fins. The Sharks had evolved an extendable proboscis in its jaws, described as a tongue covered in teeth, which it used to grab prey and pull it into its jaws.

* A Future Shark came through an Anomaly to a warehouse in the Isle of Dogs in the present and made its way through pipelines to a nearby canal. Later that night, while the Anomaly Research Centre team were scouring for creatures, the Future Shark started swimming towards ...
Stegodon

Stegodon is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. It was assigned to the family Elephantidae, but has also been placed in Stegodontidae. Stegodonts were present from 11.6 mya to the late Pleistocene, with unconfirmed records of localized survival until 4,100 years ago. Fossils are found in Asian and African strata dating from the late Miocene; during the Pleistocene, they lived across large parts of Asia, East and Central Africa.
Nothrotheriops

***Nothrotheriops*** is a genus of found in , from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. This genus of bear-sized was related to the much larger, and far more famous , although it has recently been placed in a different family, . The most well known species, *N. shastensis*, is also called the **Shasta ground sloth**.
Arctodus

The short-faced bears is an extinct bear genus that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene epoch from about 1.8 Mya until 11,000 years ago. It was the most common early North American bear and was most abundant in California. There are two recognized species: Arctodus pristinus and Arctodus simus, with the latter considered to be one of the largest known terrestrial mammalian carnivores that has ever existed. It has been hypothesized that their extinction coincides with the Younger Dryas period of global cooling commencing around 10,900 BC.
Embolotherium

Embolotherium is an extinct genus of brontothere that lived in Mongolia during the late Eocene epoch. It is most easily recognized by a large bony protuberance emanating from the anterior of the skull. This resembles a battering ram, hence the name Embolotherium. The animal is known from about 12 skulls, several jaws, and a variety of other skeletal elements from the Ulan Gochu formation of Inner Mongolia and the Irgilin Dzo of Outer Mongolia.
Hapalops

***Hapalops*** is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Early to Late Miocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation), Bolivia (Honda Group), Colombia (Honda Group),[1] and Argentina (Santa Cruz Formation) in South America.[2] Though related to the giant *Megatherium*, *Hapalops* was much smaller, measuring about 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length. Like most extinct sloths it is categorized as a ground sloth, but it is believed that the smaller size of *Hapalops* allowed it to engage in some climbing behaviors.[3]

## Description

It had a robust body, short skull and long limbs with large, curved claws. When it did visit the ground the animal probably walked on the knuckles of its forelimbs, like a gorilla. *Hapalops* had very few teeth with no incisors, the mandible included only four pairs of teeth.[4][5
Australopithecus

Australopithecus is a genus of hominins. From paleontological and archaeological evidence, the genus Australopithecus apparently evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago before spreading throughout the continent and eventually becoming extinct two million years ago, noting that Paranthropus and Homo probably emerged among the various Australopithecus. During that time, a number of australopithecine species emerged, including Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, A. anamensis, A. bahrelghazali, A. deyiremeda, A. garhi, and A. sediba.
Ammonite

Ammonoids are an extinct group of marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species. The earliest ammonites appear during the Devonian, and the last species died out during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Titanoboa

Titanoboa, /tiˌtɑːnoʊˈboʊə/ is an extinct genus of very large snakes that lived in what is now La Guajira in northeastern Colombia. They could grow up to 12.8 m (42 ft) long and reach a weight of 1,135 kg (2,500 lb).
Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago. The giant snake lived during the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch, a 10-million-year period immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.
Narrator

The Narrator (played by Donald Garrison Jr.) is a recurring character in The Kirk and Kelli's CRAZY Show.

## Description

   The Narrator is played by Kirk, who tells the story about The Girl Who Had No Name, and later the story about The Mother Who Had No Name. He seems to make the story up as he goes, and constantly breaks the fourth wall. He ends each story by saying, "The.....End?!"

## Episode Appearances

### Major

* Night of the Living Zombies (debut)
* Night of the Living Zombies 2
Diatryma

**Diatrymas** were large flightless birds that lived during the ice age.

Diatrymas were large, thickly-built birds that had large heavy beaks, powerful, two-toed legs for running and small, stunted wings that were only used for gesturing. Coated in shaggy red feathers with a white underbelly, diatrymas were dedicated parents that kept their young close by, building nests for their young and, from time to time, moving them in the nests, carrying them, nest and all, as they walked. When in moments of danger, or simply if panicked, diatrymas would force their heads into the ground or run around, gobbling in fear.
Syrian Elephant

The Syrian elephant or Western Asiatic elephant is a proposed name for the westernmost population of the Asian elephant, which became extinct in ancient times. Skeletal remains of E. m. asurus have been recorded from the Middle East: Iran, Iraq, and Syria, from periods dating between 3 million years BC and 100 years BC.
Cacops

Cacops, a genus of dissorophid temnospondyls, is one of the most distinctive Paleozoic amphibians that diversified in the equatorial region of Pangea during the Kungurian stage of the Early Permian. Dissorophids were a group of fully terrestrial, often heavily armored predators. This contrasts with the majority of aquatic or amphibious anamniotes, which not did develop into clearly defined terrestrial adults. This, along with their relatively large size and geographical range suggest that they were able to coexist with amniotes as predators before the Permo-Triassic extinction event. Dissorophidae has two distinct clades differentiated on the morphology of the osteoderms, the Eucacopinae and the Dissorophinae. Cacops is one of the few olsoniforms whose ontogeny is beginning to surface. Cacops fossils have previously only come from the Cacops Bone Bed during the Lower Permian of Texas. However, new material collected from the Dolese Brothers Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma and the Fort Sill fissure fills has been recovered, painting a clearer picture of what the animal looked and acted like.
Bullockornis

***Bullockornis planei***, nicknamed the *Demon-Duck of Doom* or *Thunderduck*, is an extinct flightless bird that lived in the Middle Miocene, approximately 15 million years ago, in what is now Australia.[1]

*Bullockornis* stood approximately 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall. It may have weighed up to 250 kg (550 lb). Features of *Bullockornis*'s skull, including a very large beak suited to shearing, have made some researchers consider that the bird may have been carnivorous, but most currently agree that it was a herbivore.[2] The bird's skull is larger than that of many small horses.[3]

Some paleontologists, including Peter Murray of the Central Australian Museum, believe that *Bullockornis* was related to geese and ducks.[*citation needed*] This, in addition to the bird's tremendous size and outdated carnivorous habits, gave rise to its colourful nickname. It may be somewhat inaccurate, however, as other studies have recovered dromornithids as more closely related to Galliformes.

The bird's generic name is improperly translated as "ox-bird",[3] and was named instead for the type locality for the genus at Bullock Creek, Australia.
Sumatran Elephant

The Sumatran elephant is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to the Indonesia island of Sumatra. In 2011, the Sumatran elephant has been classified as critically endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 80% over the last three generations, estimated to be about 75 years. The subspecies is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, and poaching; over 69% of potential elephant habitat has been lost within the last 25 years. Much of the remaining forest cover is in blocks smaller than 250 km², which are too small to contain viable elephant populations.
American Mastodon

Mastodons are any species of extinct proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Mastodons lived in herds and were predominantly forest dwelling animals that fed on a mixed diet obtained by browsing and grazing with a seasonal preference for browsing, similar to living elephants.
Javan Rhinoceros

The Javan rhinoceros, also known as the Sunda rhinoceros or lesser one-horned rhinoceros, is a very rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It belongs to the same genus as the Indian rhinoceros, and has similar mosaic, armour-like skin, but at 3.1–3.2 m in length and 1.4–1.7 m in height, it is smaller. Its horn is usually shorter than 25 cm, and is smaller than those of the other rhino species. Only adult males have horns; females lack them altogether.
Chamitataxus

Chamitataxus is a prehistoric badger genus. Chamitataxus avitus is the only known species of the genus. Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene, around 6 million years ago in what is now North America. Out of the three taxideine badger genera to have existed on the continent, Chamitataxus is the most primitive. Very few taxideine badger remains have been uncovered to date, with only prehistoric Taxidea and Pliotaxidea specimens being discovered prior to the Chamitataxus holotype being found.
Brontotherium

Thickly-skinned with tough, leathery hides, rhinos had small ears and eyes, short necks, thick bodies, short tails and short, stout legs with flat, three-toed feet. Above all, however, the rhinos had large, two-pointed horns, with some individuals sporting a thin, two-pointed horn and others one large, flat horn with two dull ends. Rhinos usually moved in herds and, when prompted to, were able to run quickly, charging down their path.
Gavialis browni

Gavialis browni is an extinct species of the crocodylian genus *Gavialis* and a close relative of the living gharial *Gavialis gangeticus*. *G. browni* lived about 5 million years ago in the Sivalik Hills of Pakistan. *G. browni* can be distinguished from *G. gangeticus* by its more closely spaced eyes and a narrower frontal bone.[1] The species was named in 1932 by paleontologist Charles Mook. Mook described it as a transitional form between the most primitive *Gavialis* species, *Gavialis dixoni*, and the most advanced, the modern gharial (although *G. dixoni* is now placed outside *Gavialis* in its own genus, *Dollosuchus*, and may be more closely related to crocodiles than to the gharial).[2] *G. browni* has a longer snout with more teeth than *Dollosuchus*, but it is not as long and does not have as many teeth as that of the gharial.[3] *G. browni* has also been proposed to be moved to a genus other than *Gavialis*
Sarkastodon

Sarkastodon is an extinct genus within the family Oxyaenidae that lived during the upper Eocene, approximately 35 million years ago. It was a large, carnivorous animal that lived in what is today Mongolia. Sarkastodon is known only from a skull and jawbones. Sarkastodon, like creodonts in general, was probably a hypercarnivore that preyed on large mammals in its range during the Late Eocene, such as brontotheres, chalicotheres, and rhinoceroses. Its weight is estimated at 800 kg.
Sirox

General Sirox is the ambitious and cunning leader of a Saber Tooth army division. While he battles and the mammoths, he schemes to overthrow Sir Fangar and take over the tribe for himself. He is trying to form a secret alliance with the Bears, many of whom resent Sir Fangar for leaving them in the ice for so long. His plan is to wait for victory over the beasts and then imprison Sir Fangar. Even his few friends know not to turn their back on Sirox.
Dinictis

Dinictis is a genus of the Nimravidae, an extinct family of feliform mammalian carnivores, also known as "false saber-toothed cats". Assigned to the subfamily Nimravinae, Dinictis was endemic to North America from the Late Eocene to Early Miocene epochs, existing for approximately 16.8 million years.
Gomphotherium

***Gomphotherium*** (/ˌɡɒmfəˈθɪəriəm/; "Welded Beast") is an extinct genus of proboscid from the Neogene and early Pleistocene of Eurasia, Africa, and North America.[2]

## Description[edit]

*G. productum* is known from a 35-year-old male 2.51 metres (8 ft 3 in) tall weighing 4.6 tonnes (4.5 long tons; 5.1 short tons). Even larger is *G. steinheimense*, known from a complete 37-year-old male found in Mühldorf, Germany, which is 3.17 metres (10.4 ft) tall and weighed 6.7 tonnes (6.6 long tons; 7.4 short tons).[3] It had four tusks, two on the upper jaw and two on the elongated lower jaw. The lower tusks are parallel and shaped like a shovel and were probably used for digging up food from mud.[*citation needed*] Unlike modern elephants, the upper tusks were covered by a layer of enamel. Compared to elephants, the skull was more elongated and low, indicating that the animal had a short trunk, rather like a tapir's.[*citation needed*] These animals probably lived in swamps or near lakes, using their tusks to dig or scrape up aquatic vegetation. In comparison to earlier proboscids, *Gomphotherium* had far fewer molars; the remaining ones had high ridges to expand their grinding surface. *Gomphotherium* inhabited dry wooded regions near lakes.[*citation needed*]

## Taxonomy[edit]

The following cladogram shows the placement of the genus *Gomphotherium* among other proboscideans, based on hyoid characteristics:[4]
Black Rhinoceros

The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Although the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from brown to grey.
Livyatan

Livyatan is an extinct genus of sperm whale containing one species: L. melvillei. Its name was inspired by the biblical sea monster Leviathan, and the author of the book Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, where the antagonist is a large sperm whale. It was found in the Pisco Formation of Peru and lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch, about 9.9–8.9 million years ago, however a large tooth from Australia implies that either it or a close relative survived into the Pliocene, around 5 mya. It was a member of a group of hyper-predatory macroraptorial sperm whales and was likely an apex predator, preying on whales, seals, and so forth. Characteristic of raptorial sperm whales, Livyatan had functional, enamel-coated teeth on the upper and lower jaws, as well as several adaptations for hunting large prey.
Purussaurus

Purussaurus is an extinct genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Colhuehuapian to the Montehermosan in the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation and the Urumaco and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela. This indicates how widespread the wetlands such a large caiman would require to survive were across South America in the Miocene.
Golden Jackal

The golden jackal is a wolf-like canid that is native to Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and regions of Southeast Asia. Compared with the Arabian wolf, which is the smallest of the gray wolves, the jackal is smaller and possesses shorter legs, a shorter tail, a more elongated torso, a less-prominent forehead, and a narrower and more pointed muzzle. The golden jackal's coat can vary in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its widespread distribution and high density in areas with plenty of available food and optimum shelter.
Andrewsarchus

Andrewsarchus is an extinct genus of mammal that lived during the middle Eocene epoch in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. Only one species is usually recognized, A. mongoliensis, known from a single skull of great size discovered in 1923 during the expeditions to central Asia by the American Museum of Natural History. Generally classified as a mesonychid since its original description, most recent studies classify it as an artiodactyl, in one study specifically, as a member of the clade Cetancodontamorpha, closely related to entelodonts, hippos and whales.
Galapagos Tortoise

The Galápagos tortoise complex or Galápagos giant tortoise complex are the largest living species of tortoise. Modern Galápagos tortoises can weigh up to 417 kg. Today, giant tortoises exist only on two remote archipelagos: the Galápagos Islands 1000 km due west of mainland Ecuador, and Aldabra in the Indian Ocean, 700 km east of Tanzania.
The Cleveland Show (NatureRules1 Version)

* **Cleveland Brown - European Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus)**
* **Donna Tubbs-Brown - Short Faced Bear (Arctodus simus)**
* **Cleveland Jr. - Arctotherium augustidens**
* **Roberta Tubbs - Moeritherium lyonsi**
* **Rallo Tubbs - Dire Wolf (Canis dirus)**
* **Loretta Brown - Elasmotherium sibricum**
* **Evelyn Cookie Brown - Synthetoceras tricornatus**
* **LeVar Freight Train Brown - Livyatan melvillei**
* **Broderick Brown - Cetotherium furlongi**
* **Robert - Giant Cheetah (Acinonyx pardinensis)**
* **Auntie Momma - Megalictis ferox**
* **Tim the Bear - Diprotodon optatum**
* **Arianna the Bear - Chamitataxus avitus**
* **Raymond the Bear - Moropus distans**
* **Papa Bear - Chalicotherium (Macrotherium)**
* **Lester Krinklesac - Teratornis woodburnensis**
* **Kendra Krystal Krinklesac - Bramatherium magnum**
* **Ernie Krinklesac - Pyrotherium romeroi**
* **Unnamed Sister - Daedon humerosum**
* **Princess - Leptictidium sigei**
* **Holt Richter - Propalaeotherium voitgi**
* **Mrs. Richter - Palaeotherium minus**
* **General Richter - Smilodectes mcgrewi**
* **Choni - Obdurodon ricksoni**
* **Marco - Zaglossus hacketti**
* **Lloyd Waterman - Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo crassidentatus)**
* **Terry Kimple - Hagerman Horse (Equus simplicidens)**
* **Arch - Quagga (Equus quagga quagga)**
* **Aaron - Bluebuck or Blue Antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus)**
* **Florence - Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)**
* **Jane - Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri)**
* **Tori - Dodo Bird (Raphus cucullatus)**
* **Donny - Tyrant Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus tyrannus)**
Stuffs

The word "stuffs" itself, is an underrated thing. It can be physical, virtual, non-physical, or something else like that, but whatever it doesn't matter. But whatever the heck it is, it's not overrated. research is still being done on the definition of the word itself, however this is still the most popular theory.
Daedon

***Daeodon*** (from Greek, δαίος, *daios* "hostile" or "dreadful", and οδον, *odon* "teeth") is an of that inhabited between 29 and 19 million years ago during the middle and early . The type species is *Daeodon shoshonensis*, the last and largest of the entelodonts; known adults of this species possessed skulls about 90 cm (3 ft) in length. It had a broad distribution across the , but it was never abundant.
Lagrivea

Lagrivea is a fossil genus of squirrel from the Middle Miocene of France. The single species, L. vireti, is known from three mandibles and two isolated teeth. All come from the fissure filling of La Grive L5, part of the La Grive-Saint-Alban complex in Saint-Alban-de-Roche, southeastern France. Lagrivea was a large tree squirrel with flat lower incisors and a large, triangular fourth lower premolar. Each of the four cheekteeth bears a deep basin in the middle of the crown. The m3 is about rectangular in shape, but rounded at the back. Although m1 and m2 have two roots, m3 has three.
Colossal Squid

The colossal squid, sometimes called the Antarctic squid or giant cranch squid, is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass. It is the only known member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis. It is known from only a few specimens, and current estimates put its maximum size at 12–14 m long and weighing possibly up to 750 kilograms, based on analysis of smaller and immature specimens, making it the largest-known invertebrate.
Dhole

The dhole is a canid native to Central, South and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf. It is genetically close to species within the genus Canis, though its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar and the upper molars sport only a single cusp as opposed to between two to four. During the Pleistocene, the dhole ranged throughout Asia, Europe and North America but became restricted to its historical range 12,000–18,000 years ago.
Cave Lion

Panthera spelaea is an extinct Panthera species that evolved in Europe probably after the third Cromerian interglacial stage, less than 600,000 years ago. Phylogenetic analysis of fossil bone samples revealed that it was highly distinct and genetically isolated from the modern lion occurring in Africa and Asia. Analysis of morphological differences and mitochondrial data support the taxonomic recognition of Panthera spelaea as a distinct species that diverged from the lion about 1.9 million years ago. The oldest known bone fragments were excavated in Yakutia and radiocarbon dated at least 62,400 years old. It became extinct about 13,000 years ago.
American Alligator

The American alligator, sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae; it is larger than the other extant alligator species, the Chinese alligator. Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.6 m in length, and can weigh up to 453 kg. Females are smaller, measuring 2.6 to 3 m in length. The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to North Carolina. It is distinguished from the sympatric American crocodile by its broader snout, with overlapping jaws and darker coloration, and is less tolerant of saltwater but more tolerant of cooler climates than the American crocodile, which is found only in tropical climates.
Eryops

Eryops meaning "drawn-out face" because most of its skull was in front of its eyes is a genus of extinct, amphibious temnospondyls. It contains the single species Eryops megacephalus, the fossils of which are found mainly in early Permian rocks of the Texas Red Beds, located in Archer County, Texas. Fossils have also been found in late Carboniferous period rocks from New Mexico. Several complete skeletons of Eryops have been found in lower Permian rocks, but skull bones and teeth are its most common fossils.
Knightia

Knightia is an extinct genus of clupeid clupeiform bony fish that lived in the fresh water lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan in 1907, in honor of the late University of Wyoming professor Wilbur Clinton Knight, "an indefatigable student of the paleontology of the Rocky Mountains." It is the state fossil of Wyoming, and the most commonly excavated fossil fish in the world.
Haast's Eagle

The Haast's eagle is an extinct species of eagle that once lived in the South Island of New Zealand, commonly accepted to be the Pouakai of Maori legend. The species was the largest eagle known to have existed. Its massive size is explained as an evolutionary response to the size of its prey, the flightless moa, the largest of which could weigh 230 kg. Haast's eagle became extinct around 1400, after the moa were hunted to extinction by the first Māori.
Brown Bear

The brown bear is a bear that is found across much of northern Eurasia and North America. In North America the population of brown bears are often called grizzly bears. It is one of the largest living terrestrial members of the order Carnivora, rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly larger on average.
Zaglossus

Zaglossus hacketti is an extinct species of long-beaked echidna from Western Australia that is dated to the Pleistocene. It is known only from a few bones. It was about 1 m long and probably weighed about 30 kg. This makes it the largest monotreme known to have ever lived. Due to the lack of cranial material, placement of Z. hacketti into the modern long-beaked echidna genus Zaglossus is uncertain.
Mexico

Mexico is country south of America and is home to the Mexicans. Mexico is renowned for its food mainly consisting of Tacos, Burritos, Chimichangas and Fajitas. The main language spoken in Mexico is Spanish. The capital of Mexico is Mexico City, and the president of Mexico is El Chappo. Mexico was established in September 27, 1821. Mexico has a extremely large spy network in which they train Mexicans to penetrate the border of America and escape into it and collect information remotely. Many drug dealers are from Mexico, making Mexico and it's people a large exporter of drugs. A small amount of Mexico's population consists of Mexican Leprechauns, about 1.3%. Mexico is also a very nice vacation spot. It is rumored that Mexico uses military time but this information is not trust-able.

The Mexican flag is green, white and red and also has a eagle-like thing in the center.
Polar Bear

The polar bear is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear. A boar weighs around 350–700 kg, while a sow is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. Their scientific name means "maritime bear" and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. Because of their dependence on the sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals.
Homotherium

***Homotherium*** is a type of Machairodontia scimitar tooth that lived 5 million years to 10,000 years ago during the Early Pliocene. It's diet is juveline columbian mammoth, woolly rhino, *megaloceros*, *macrauchenia*, and early humans. Its name means same beast because when scientist first discovered *Homotherium* it looked more like a *Smilodon* and it is thought to be a sabre tooth. We now know that *Homotherium* was actually related to a leopard.
Cape Buffalo

The African buffalo or Cape buffalo is a large African bovine. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in Southern and East Africa. S. c. nanus is the smallest subspecies, common in forest areas of Central and West Africa, while S. c. brachyceros is in West Africa and S. c. aequinoctialis is in the savannas of East Africa. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature; they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss". They are widely regarded as very dangerous animals, as according to some estimates they gore and kill over 200 people every year.
White Rhinoceros

The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018, both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19 March 2018.
Yacare Caiman

The yacare caiman is a species of caiman found in central South America, including northeastern Argentina, Uruguay, southeastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, central/southwest Brazil, and the rivers of Paraguay. About 10 million individual yacare caimans exist within the Brazilian pantanal, representing what is quite possibly the largest single crocodilian population on Earth.
Ichthyostega

Ichthyostega is an early genus of tetrapodomorphs that lived at the end of the Upper Devonian period. It was one of the first four-limbed vertebrates in the fossil record. Ichthyostega possessed lungs and limbs that helped it navigate through shallow water in swamps. Although Ichthyostega is often labelled a "tetrapod" due to the possession of limbs and fingers, it was more basal than true crown-tetrapods, and could more accurately be referred to as a stegocephalian or stem tetrapod. Likewise, while undoubtedly of amphibian build and habit, it is not considered a true member of the group in the narrow sense, as the first modern amphibians appeared in the Triassic period. Until finds of other early stegocephalians and closely related fishes in the late 20th century, Ichthyostega stood alone as a transitional fossil between fish and tetrapods, combining fish- and tetrapod-like features. Newer research has shown that it had an unusual anatomy, functioning more akin to a seal than a salamander, as previously assumed.
Cave Hyena

The cave hyena, also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, was a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena which ranged from the Iberian Peninsula to eastern Siberia. It is one of the best known mammals of the Ice Age and is well represented in many European bone caves. The cave hyena was a highly specialised animal, with its progressive and regressive features being more developed than in its modern African relative. It preyed on large mammals, and was responsible for the accumulation of hundreds of large Pleistocene mammal bones in areas including horizontal caves, sinkholes, mud pits and muddy areas along rivers.
African Mammoth

The African mammoth, Mammuthus africanavus, is the second oldest of mammoth species, having first appeared around 3 million years ago during the late Pliocene, with a last appearance around 1.65 million years ago in the early Pleistocene. Its fossils have been found in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. It was relatively small and is seen as the direct ancestor of M. meriodionalis, although its tusk diverged more widely from its skull than later species of mammoth, which might indicate that it was an evolutionary dead end.
Brontoscorpio

Brontoscorpio anglicus is a species of fossil scorpion. Its remains were discovered in Upper Silurian-aged sandstone from Trimpley, Worcestershire, and the species was described on the basis of an incomplete single free finger of a pedipalp, almost 10 centimetres long. The complete animal is estimated to have been at least 90 centimetres long. Its carnivorous diet may have consisted of worms or other arthropods.
Baiji

The baiji is a functionally extinct species of freshwater dolphin formerly found only in the Yangtze River in China. Nicknamed "Goddess of the Yangtze" in China, the dolphin is also called Chinese river dolphin, Yangtze River dolphin, whitefin dolphin and Yangtze dolphin. It was regarded as the goddess of protection by local fishermen and boatmen in China. It is not to be confused with the Chinese white dolphin or the finless porpoise.
Ottoia

Ottoia is a stem-group archaeopriapulid worm known from Cambrian fossils. Although priapulid-like worms from various Cambrian deposits are often referred to Ottoia on spurious grounds, the only clear Ottoia macrofossils come from the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, which was deposited 508 million years ago. Microfossils extend the record of Ottoia throughout the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, from the mid- to late- Cambrian.

## In popular culture

The Precambrian Worms were a species of giant, fog-dwelling, carnivorous worm from the Precambrian.
Obdurodon

Obdurodon is an extinct monotreme genus containing three species. It is sometimes referred as the Riversleigh platypus, after the location of its discovery at Riversleigh. Individuals of Obdurodon differed from modern platypuses in that adult individuals retained their molar teeth. Compared to the modern platypus, which is a mostly benthic forager, Obdurodon foraged pelagically.
Coelacanth

The coelacanths constitute a now-rare order of fish that includes two extant species in the genus Latimeria: the West Indian Ocean coelacanth primarily found near the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa and the Indonesian coelacanth. They follow the oldest-known living lineage of Sarcopterygii, which means they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods than to ray-finned fishes. They are found along the coastlines of the Indian Ocean and Indonesia. The West Indian Ocean coelacanth is a critically endangered species.