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During the Pleistocene epoch, numerous giant species of mammal and bird grew to prominence, becoming extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna describes animals weighing over 44 kg, with species including the Giant Beaver, Woolly Mammoth, Dire Wolf and Sabertooth Tiger.

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Pleistocene Megafauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pleistocene megafauna is the set of large animals that lived on Earth during the Pleistocene epoch and went extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna is a term used to describe an animal with an adult body weight of over 44 kg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene_megafauna
Megafauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In terrestrial zoology, megafauna are large or giant animals. The most common thresholds used are 45 kilograms (100 lb) or 100 kilograms (220 lb).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna
DNA Evidence Proves Climate Change Killed Off Prehistoric Megafauna

Animals that couldn't adapt to rapid warming quickly succumbed.
http://theconversation.com/dna-evidence-proves-climate-change-killed-off-prehistoric-megafauna-45080
Megafauna Extinctions - What (or Who) Killed All the Big Mammals?

At the end of the last ice age (ca 15,000-10,000 years ago), 85 percent of the large mammals (called megafauna) went extinct.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/g/megaextinct.htm
The Giant Mammals of the Cenozoic Era - About

It seems that every animal on earth grew to giant sizes two, 20, or even 40 million years ago--witness the Giant Wombat, the Giant Beaver and the Giant Sloth, to name just three.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/giant-megafauna-mammals.htm
NOVA - End of the Big Beasts

Overhunting, climate change, disease, and now a comet. What did kill off the megafauna?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/end-big-beasts.html
Top 10 Megafauna - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Facts and information about 10 of best known megafauna animals.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/top-tens/top-ten-iconic-pleistocene-megafauna.html
Quaternary Extinction Event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_extinction_event
10 Extinct Giants That Once Roamed North America

Extinct giants, such as the American cheetah and ground sloth, lived in North America until they mysteriously died out about 10,000 years ago.
http://www.livescience.com/51793-extinct-ice-age-megafauna.html
7 Extinct Megafauna That are Out of This World - MNN

Let's focus on some of the most massive, crazy beasts around. Some come in familiar form but enormous size while others are strange hybrids.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/7-extinct-megafauna-that-are-out-of-this-world

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Pleistocene Megafauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pleistocene megafauna is the set of large animals that lived on Earth during the Pleistocene epoch and went extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna is a term used to describe an animal with an adult body weight of over 44 kg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene_megafauna
Megafauna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In terrestrial zoology, megafauna are large or giant animals. The most common thresholds used are 45 kilograms (100 lb) or 100 kilograms (220 lb).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna
DNA Evidence Proves Climate Change Killed Off Prehistoric Megafauna

Animals that couldn't adapt to rapid warming quickly succumbed.
http://theconversation.com/dna-evidence-proves-climate-change-killed-off-prehistoric-megafauna-45080
Megafauna Extinctions - What (or Who) Killed All the Big Mammals?

At the end of the last ice age (ca 15,000-10,000 years ago), 85 percent of the large mammals (called megafauna) went extinct.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/mterms/g/megaextinct.htm
The Giant Mammals of the Cenozoic Era - About

It seems that every animal on earth grew to giant sizes two, 20, or even 40 million years ago--witness the Giant Wombat, the Giant Beaver and the Giant Sloth, to name just three.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/giant-megafauna-mammals.htm
NOVA - End of the Big Beasts

Overhunting, climate change, disease, and now a comet. What did kill off the megafauna?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/end-big-beasts.html
Top 10 Megafauna - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Facts and information about 10 of best known megafauna animals.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/top-tens/top-ten-iconic-pleistocene-megafauna.html
Quaternary Extinction Event - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_extinction_event
10 Extinct Giants That Once Roamed North America

Extinct giants, such as the American cheetah and ground sloth, lived in North America until they mysteriously died out about 10,000 years ago.
http://www.livescience.com/51793-extinct-ice-age-megafauna.html
7 Extinct Megafauna That are Out of This World - MNN

Let's focus on some of the most massive, crazy beasts around. Some come in familiar form but enormous size while others are strange hybrids.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/7-extinct-megafauna-that-are-out-of-this-world

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During the Pleistocene epoch, numerous giant species of mammal and bird grew to prominence, becoming extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna describes animals weighing over 44 kg, with species including the Giant Beaver, Woolly Mammoth, Dire Wolf and Sabertooth Tiger.

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