During the Eocene Epoch, which spanned 56-34 million years ago, gigantic ancient elephant-like animals began to roam through ...

These strange animals are ... Only four tapir species survive today. Originating in the Eocene epoch, tapirs have undergone relatively little change in their basic form since then.

Recently researchers uncovered fossils of what they believe to be a new species of prehistoric animal "worm lizard ... around 50 million years ago in the Eocene epoch, stated Newsweek.

We're headed for the Eocene. And we know what that's like." In the PETM the heat drove tropical species toward the Poles, and animal and plant species from all continents could cross land bridges ...

It belonged to a group of animals known as the hyaenodonts and ... "Not a lot of this microwear research has been done on early Eocene mammals, especially the carnivores, so I think there ...