What are some good examples of interesting species that survived well into historic times before going extinct?

I’m talking about animals that humans lived alongside within, say, the last 4,000-6,000 years.

I was just reading about the gorilla-sized lemurs of Madagascar that survived until 350-300BCE and I was wondering if any other interesting creatures lasted that long.

I’m looking for a gift for someone who almost went into paleontology and has a lifelong interest in it. The problem is that he is likely to have read any recent popular science books and some more academic books on the topic. (I was planning to buy Otherlands by Thomas Halliday, but it looks like there is a good chance my giftee has already read it.)

I’ve been thinking a more visual or coffee table type book would be great, because he’s unlikely to get that for himself. Any suggestions?

Why is elasmotherium sometimes potrayed as having a bigger horn while sometimes it's usally potrayed as having a smaller horn?

So my 6 yr old son is keen on being a future paleontologist and loves books. But he's not so much a "learn details about 100 dinos" kid, as much as someone who likes to learn the "how and why" of things to get the big picture.

Are there any books for primary school aged kids that give the details of what being a paleontologist is actually like? Covering things like: where they work, tools they use on the job, knowledge and skills they have to have to do their work, how they actually identify fossils and learn things from studying them.

If it covers stuff on how fossils are actually formed, that's great too.

When he was on a kick learning about human history, the style of book in the attached photo was a big hit. It'd be great to find a paleontology equivalent.

I want to get a trilobite tattoo and I’ve been doing some drafts (I know this isn’t scientifically accurate lol)

Anyone else think this looks like a skull or something.

Getting gifted these and im super excited, wanted to know the general review of them and how ‘accurate’ they are etc. i just know they’re a bit older, did very brief research on some of them but id like more opinions :)

I was wondering if people had recommendations for books similar to Walking With Beasts, focusing on prehistoric cenozoic animals but with up to date information?

I've found plenty of encyclopaedia style books on dinosaurs but none so far on the early cenozoic

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Where did the Idea that macrauchenia having a trunk like a tapir came from?

In life recreations of theropods, they're almost always depicted with thick muscular legs. Almost no modern birds have legs like that, and especially the lower legs have almost no meat on them at all. Even running birds like ostriches and cassowaries have thin legs.

Is it possible the theropods of the Mesozoic were the same, since all living theropods have thin legs?

What makes varanus priscus much more well known and much more studied than Any other extinct varanus species?

Random thought I had, but do you think it would be possible for Moas to have had dewlaps like a turkey or other birds?

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I found this in a cave in Somerset England, UK, this is exactly how it was when i saw it, i didn't dig it out or move it. If it is a wolf they went extinct in this area in the 15th century, the jaw is sticking out of the rock in the side of a cave wall, looks like a long time ago the top or the side of the cave collapsed down and killed it and now sediments have filled in and made it part of the wall of the cave. I believe from looking at the dentition of this lower jaw bone that it can only be either a fox or a wolf or jackal skull, so far it looks more like a wolf in some ways, ill show my evidence below are two images figure one is a wolf lower jaw bone and figure two is a fox lower jaw bone.

Figure 1 (wolf)

Figure 2 (fox)

notice how in the fox skull the front goes to a point while the wolf skull is more flat, the teeth on the fox skull are just under two times bigger than the width of bone under them while on the wolf skull the bone is much thicker underneath, and the first premolar is smaller on the wolf.

The biggest problem is i didn't measure the size of the jaw, i will have to go back and measure it, but in the mean time does anyone here have any ideas on which it could be.

Hello everyone Is it a wise choice to study paleontology as a speciality in college or not? Do i really have a chance to have a decent job with it? What kind of jobs can i do with it? Is china a good choice for a paleontologist or not and if not wich counties are good?(I have no other choice)

I saw this one online on Fossil Era and the description says it’s super rare. I was wondering what the most rare species of trilobites were. Here’s the link if anyone wants to see the full description:

https://www.fossilera.com/fossils/7-super-rare-pseudosphaerexochus-trilobite?srsltid=AfmBOoq0gWsXvfIc-ms3vs6SNFzv2VabK7Fd6A6IfCP8AzVLsHStCAiZ

Thanks!