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Miocene Mammals

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Miocene Mammals.png Pithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe oldest fossil fish known—discovered in the Upper Silurian strata of Scotland, and named Birkenia by Professor TraquairPithecanthropos ErectusThumbnailsThe 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.