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Miocene Mammals

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Miocene Mammals.png Palæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPalæolithic Men Attacking Cave BearThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor Traquair

The Miocene (with living species still in a minority) was the great age of mountain building, and the general temperature was falling.