Collection: Cenozoic Combo
CENOZOIC COMBO The disappearance of the non-avian dinosaurs had left ecological roles wide open for a surviving lineage of animals to evolve and occupy: the mammals. Although birds had stepped into the roles earlier in the next stage of mammal evolution, mammals took over at the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, also known by scientists to be the golden age of mammals. Throughout the Cenozoic, mammals have undergone diversification and development to fill in the roles and become one of Earth's most dominant families of vertebrates on land. Cenozoic Combo , acrylic on canvas, 2021. Set of 9, each piece 8" X 8" Woolly Mammoth Woolly Mammoth, acrylic on canvas, 2021. 8" X 8" The woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) is the most iconic animal from the Ice Age. It was the size of a fully-grown African elephant. During the winter season, mammoths keep a thick coat of long fur to withstand the freezing climate of the Pleistocene ice ages. Besides mammoths, other larg...