Prehistoric big cat chasing deer. Computer illustration of a Machairodus catacopis prehistoric cat chasing Cranioceras skinneri mammals on the grassy

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Prehistoric big cat chasing deer. Computer illustration of a Machairodus catacopis prehistoric cat chasing Cranioceras skinneri mammals on the grassy plains of what is now North America, during the Miocene epoch (around 23 to 5 million years ago). Cranioceras and Machairodus were endemic to what is now the USA.

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Size: 3780px × 2573px
Photo credit: © MAURICIO ANTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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