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Pleistocene Epoch, earlier and major of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period of Earth’s history, an epoch during which a succession of glacial and interglacial climatic cycles occurred.
Pleistocene Epoch - Fauna, Flora, Climate: The plants and animals of the Pleistocene are, in many respects, similar to those living today, but important differences exist. Moreover, the spatial distribution of various Pleistocene fauna and flora types differed markedly from what it is at present.
As the name indicates, this biome was inhabited by woolly mammoths, bison, horses, and other large herbivores. The Mammoth Steppe thrived for approximately 100,000 years without major changes, but then diminished to small regions around 12,000 years ago.
2 cze 2020 · Large-scale changes in global climate at the end of the Pleistocene significantly impacted ecosystems across North America.
The Pleistocene Epoch. This mammoth (right), found in deposits in Russia, was one of the largest land mammals of the Pleistocene, the time period that spanned from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago.*
Pleistocene Epoch - Ice Age, Climate Change, Extinctions: Environments during the Pleistocene were dynamic and underwent dramatic change in response to cycles of climatic change and the development of large ice sheets.
The Pleistocene comprises most of the geological epoch of the Quaternary. It started at the end of the Tertiary 1.8–2.3 million years ago with a remarkable cooling of the earth’s climate.
