An early Pliocene panorama

Description: Pliocene Rhinoceros, Mastodonts, Oreodonts Charles R. Knight painting. Four-tusked mastodon Trilophodon (in the center), and the rhinoceros Teleoceras (on the left), which lived on the Great Plains of North America at the close of the Miocene Cenozoic period (about fifteen million years ago) on the banks of a broad and shallow river near the close of the Miocene period, fifteen million years ago. The small animals at the right are oreodonts or contemporary pig-like animals. From a mural painting by Mr, Charles H. Knight.
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
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Department(s)
  • Library
  • Photo Archives
  • Geology
Creator(s)
  • Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
Date: Created 01 Jun 1980
Physical Size and Format: 4x5 in. color transparency
Citation: Courtesy of: R. Testa. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/246cd410-7c92-415f-b236-9e87f426c8d5 (accessed on 10 Jul 2024)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/527/111/CK41T.jpg
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • GE 574
Associated Specimen(s)
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CK41T.jpg
Pliocene Rhinoceros, Mastodonts, Oreodonts Charles R. Knight painting. Four-tusked mastodon Trilophodon (in the center), and the rhinoceros Teleoceras (on the left), which lived on the Great Plains of North America at the close of the Miocene Cenozoic period (about fifteen million years ago) on the banks of a broad and shallow river near the close of the Miocene period, fifteen million years ago. The small animals at the right are oreodonts or contemporary pig-like animals. From a mural painting by Mr, Charles H. Knight.
IRN: 527111
GUID: 246cd410-7c92-415f-b236-9e87f426c8d5