in a subtropical climate

narrowly shaped body with a severely reduced caudal tail

known as the narial bulla

An interesting feature of Dakosaurus maximus was its adaptation to life in the sea

Kubanochoerus gigas Scale:1:35 in a subtropical climateKubanochoerus gigas was one of the largest suids of the Miocene, belonging to the family Suidae and related to the tetraconodontines, an extinct group characterized by hypertrophied dentition and massive skulls. It inhabited Eurasia during the Middle Miocene, approximately 15 to 11 million years ago, in open environments with mosaics of wooded savanna and scattered forests. It was an artiodactyl of colossal proportions for its lineage, with an