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Tertiary Period--Oligocene life

Oligocene. University of California, Berkeley. Brief summary of life in the Oligocene, with information about stratigraphy, life, fossil localities, and tectonics of the epoch.

Programme 3--Oligocene Evidence. British Broadcasting Company, Walking with Prehistoric Beasts. Summary of the fossil evidence for creatures shown in the video concerning the Oligocene Epoch in Asia, including the largest mammal of all time, Indricotherium; the bear-dogs and fearsome Hyaenodon; the pig-like Entelodon; and the clawed, knuckle-walking Chalicotherium.

Indricotherium. Discovery Channel. Picture and short description of the largest land animal of all time from the Walking with Prehistoric Beasts series.

 

 

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