Monday, April 18, 2016

The Natural History Museum, Part 1: Pleistocene Megafauna

Earlier this month, I went on a weeklong trip to Ireland then England. Naturally, this trip warranted a trip to the Natural History Museum in London. Here a few highlights of this wonderful museum just pertaining to Pleistocene megafauna. Enjoy!

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)

The American mastodon (Mammut americanum)

Stegodon

 The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis)

 Elasmotherium (the real unicorn!)

The saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon fatalis)

Glyptodon

 Megatherium

While in Dublin during the first day of my visit, I visited the local natural history museum as well. This institution was more oriented towards zoology than paleontology, though there was notable exception to this rule:

The Irish elk (Megaloceros)

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