Reconstruction of the Early Eocene (52 Million-Year-Old) Fauna (IMAGE)

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Reconstruction of the Early Eocene (52 Million-Year-Old) Fauna

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This is a reconstruction of the early Eocene (52 million-year-old) fauna that inhabited the rainforest around a northern British Colombia lake. The tapiroid Heptodon drinks in the shallows, while the small proto-hedgehog Silvacola acares stalks a green lacewing (Pseudochrysopa harveyi) in the foreground.

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Illustration © by Julius T. Csotonyi.

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Illustration © by Julius T. Csotonyi. For permission, please call 587-921-1802 or e-mail julius.csotonyi@gmail.com

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