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QUATERNAR Y PERIOD

THE EARTH DURING THE QUATERNARY PERIOD EXAMPLES OF QUATERNARY ANIMALS

Pyrenees Alps
Appalachian Ice sheet
Mountains
Rocky Asia
Mountains
Vegetation
North
America Carpathian
Mountains

A MAMMAL SKELETON
Taurus (Hippopotamus
Mountains amphibius)

Himalayas

India

Australia

SKULL OF AN EXTINCT
CAVE BEAR
(Ursus spelaeus)
Desert

Andes
Indian
Ocean
South
America
Atlantic
Ocean Ice cap
Atlas Africa Antarctica
Mountains
SKULL OF AN A MAMMOTH TOOTH
EXTINCT TORTOISE (Mammuthus
(Meiolania platyceps) primigenius)

DEINOTHERIUM COELODONTA AUSTRALOPITHECUS
Group: Deinotheriidae Group: Rhinocerotidae Group: Hominidae
Length: 13 ft (4 m) Length: 13 ft (4 m) Length: 4 ft (1.2 m)

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