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Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era and the twelve period of the Phanerozoic Eon in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy. It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary Period is divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene. The informal term "Late Quaternary" refers to the past 0.5–1.0 million years.
Animals in the Quaternary[]
Pleistocene[]
- Bison
- Cave lion
- Doedicurus
- Gigantopithecus
- Gray Wolf
- Homo erectus
- Homo ergaster
- Homo heidelbergensis
- Cro-Magnon
- Larvae
- Macrauchenia
- Megatherium
- Neanderthal
- Saiga antelope
- Smilodon
- Spiders
- Swallow
- Tarantula
- Weaverbird
- Wildebeest
- Woolly Mammoth
- Woolly Rhinoceros
- Hare
- Giraffe
- Baboon