In Depth Although it looks a lot like a small primitive horse, Diadiaphorus was actually a litoptern. True horses evolved in the North and did not even get the opportunity to reach South America until the formation of the isthmus of Panama triggered the event that is called the Great American Interchange. The similarity to … Read more
In Depth Theosodon was probably a lot like a llama in appearance, however it was not actually related to this group of mammals (the Camelidae) but instead was a litoptern mammal, the dominant group of mammals in South America before it became joined to North America. This is a case of convergent evolution where even … Read more
In Depth Every now and then in palaeontology an animal comes along that just doesn’t seem like it should have existed at all. Macrauchenia is one such individual creature due to a very bizarre mix body features that have ended up in a mix-match of different creature parts. To begin first imagine a four legged … Read more