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Pleistocene glaciations . The Pleistocene Epoch lasted about 2,500,000 years
and has been called the Glacial Period or Ice Age because at several times ice
caps formed in polar regions . The resulting ice sheets formed Extent of
continental ...
Pleistocene glaciations . The Pleistocene Epoch lasted about 2,500,000 years
and has been called the Glacial Period or Ice Age because at several times ice
caps formed in polar regions . The resulting ice sheets formed Extent of
continental ...
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in this group culminated in the Pleistocene giant , Glossotherium , which was the
size of a large ox . As with other xenarthran groups in the Pleistocene , the
mylodonts extended as far north as the southwestern United States . The other
family ...
in this group culminated in the Pleistocene giant , Glossotherium , which was the
size of a large ox . As with other xenarthran groups in the Pleistocene , the
mylodonts extended as far north as the southwestern United States . The other
family ...
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Mid - Eocene to Pleis- tations for an insectivorous diet that these two groups
tocene in South America ; upper Pliocene to Pleistocene in seem to have in
common with the New World anteaters North America . Fusion of bony plates on
the back ...
Mid - Eocene to Pleis- tations for an insectivorous diet that these two groups
tocene in South America ; upper Pliocene to Pleistocene in seem to have in
common with the New World anteaters North America . Fusion of bony plates on
the back ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopædia Britannica Part 2, Volume 1 of The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, ISBN 085229400X, 9780852294000 |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopædia Britannica, 1983 |
| ISBN | 085229400X, 9780852294000 |
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