Miocene Gallery

Wildlife of the Miocene era, artwork

Wildlife of the Miocene era, artwork. The Miocene era is the period from around 23 to 5 million years ago. The animals shown are: a giant land tortoise (Cheirogaster bolivari, bottom left), four prehistoric rhinoceroses (Hispanotherium matritense, centre), four prehistoric horses (Anchitherium sp. centre left), and two bear-dog animals (Amphicyon sp. lower right). The latter are fighting over a carcass. Two deer-like animals are at far right. This scene is based on fossils found in the Iberian Peninsula, at the Casa de Campo site

© MAURICIO ANTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Formation of the layers of the Earth's crust from the Cretaceous Period to the Quaternary Period (colour litho)

5996983 Formation of the layers of the Earth's crust from the Cretaceous Period to the Quaternary Period (colour litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Formation of the layers of the Earth's crust from the Cretaceous Period to the Quaternary Period. Illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado Biblioteca de Las Familias (The Illustrated World Library of Families) (Biblioteca Ilustrada de Espasa Hermanos, Barcelona, c1880).); © Look and Learn

© © Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images

Metamynodon, extinct genus of amynodont perissodactyls

Metamynodon, extinct genus of amynodont perissodactyls from the Eocene to the early Miocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg. Heinrich Harder (1858-1935) was a German landscape artist and book illustrator

© Florilegius / Mary Evans