Question

How many organisms from the past have gone extinct?

Answer 1

The ani­mals of past ages at Sterk­fontein includ­ed the now-extinct Dinofe­lis and Megan­tere­on sabre-tooth cats; the long-legged hye­na, Chasma­por­thetes; Para­pa­pio, Papio and Cer­co­p­ithe­coides mon­keys; a heavy, cow-like ani­mal called a maka­pa­nia; a tiny, three-toed horse, Hip­par­i­on lybicum; a giant hyrax or ​“dassie”; and a huge chal­i­cothere, a knuck­le-walk­ing ani­mal relat­ed to a horse.