Paleocene to Holocene life-forms of Isla Sorna

This tiny mammal resembles the modern Elephant shrew:


Name: Leptictidium
Pronunciation: Lep-tik-tid-e-um.
Meaning of name: "Graceful weasel"
Species: L. auderiense, L. storchi, L. nasutum, L. prouti, L. tobieni, L. listeri, L. ginsburgi, L. sigei
Size: Depending on species, measured between 60 and 90cm long, 20cm tall and weighing 2kgs.
Family: Pseudorhyncocyonidae.
Diet: Omnivore
First fossils found: Known from several specimens including some complete skeletons. L. auderiense named by Heinz Tobien in 1962. L. nasutum named in 1985. L. tobieni named in 1987. L. ginsburgi and L. sigei named in 1989. L. storchi, L. prouti and L. listeri named in 2013.
Lived: Depending on species, lived between 50 and 35 million years ago from the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene through to the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene throughout what is now Europe, particularly in what is now France and Germany.

An early bat:


Name: Witwatia
Pronunciation: Wit-wat-e-ah
Meaning of name: "Large flapping wings"
Species: W. schlosseri, W. eremicus, W. sigei
Wingspan: Uncertain, but is estimated to have measured between 60 and 80cm.
Family: Philisidae.
Diet: Uncertain. Likely insectivore.
First fossils found: Known only from teeth and a few lower jaws discovered in Egypt and Tunisia. W. schlosseri and W. eremicus named by Gregg F. Gunnell, Elwyn L. Simons and Erik R. Seiffert in 2008. W. sigei named in 2012.
Lived: Depending on species, lived between 55.8 and 33.9 million years ago from the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene through to the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in what is now North Africa.





Artist's impression of Witwatia.

Not too different from modern bats.

Here's a giant relative of modern wombats and koalas:


Name: Diprotodon
Pronunciation: Di-pro-toe-don
Meaning of name: "Two forward teeth".
Species: D. optatum, D. australis, D. minor, D. annextans, D. longiceps, D. bennettii, D. loderi
Size: Depending on species, measured up to 3 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing up to 2.7 metric tonnes.
Family: Diprotodontidae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from hundreds of skeletons as well as footprints and hair impressions. First discovered by George Ranken and Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell in New South Wales, Australia, during the early 1830s. D. optatum named by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1838. D. australis named in 1844. D. annextans named in 1861. D. minor named in 1862. D. longiceps named in 1865. D. bennettii and D. loderi named in 1873.
Lived: Depending on species, lived between 1.6 million years and 44,000 years ago from the Calabrian stage of the Middle Pleistocene through to the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now eastern Australia.

To me, it looks like a giant, hippo-sized wombat.

Hmm maybe an early bear.

Is that drawing at the bottom how they think it looked like?

BTW, has Dino from the Flintstones been attributed to a certain species (even if highly modified) or is it just a figment of the creators' fantasy?