Prompt 2 of 7
Name a prehistoric mammal
114 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion1 answer
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Repenomamus— This badger-sized Cretaceous mammal was fossilized with a baby dinosaur in its stomach.
85 ptsDeep Cut85 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Aepycamelus
- Ambulocetus
- American cheetah
- Amphicyon
- Anancus
- Ancylotherium
- Andrewsarchus
- Apidium
- Ardipithecus
- Arsinoitherium
- Aurochs— Painted at Lascaux 17,000 years ago, so it counts here.
- Barbourofelis
- Basilosaurus
- Borophagus
- Camelops
- Cave hyena
- Ceratogaulus
- Chalicotherium
- Coryphodon
- Cuvieronius
- Deinotherium
- Denisovan
- Desmostylus
- Didelphodon
- Dinocrocuta
- Dinofelis
- Dinohippus
- Doedicurus
- Dorudon
- Embolotherium
- Entelodon
- Epicyon
- Godinotia
- Gomphotherium
- Hipparion
- Hippidion
- Homo floresiensis
- Homo habilis
- Homo heidelbergensis
- Homo naledi
- Homotherium
- Josephoartigasia
- Leptictidium
- Machairodus
- Megantereon
- Megatapirus
- Megazostrodon
- Megistotherium
- Merychippus
- Mesohippus
- Moeritherium
- Morganucodon
- Moropus
- Odobenocetops
- Pachycrocuta
- Palaeoloxodon
- Palorchestes
- Paranthropus
- Pelorovis
- Phascolonus
- Phenacodus
- Platybelodon
- Plesiadapis
- Pliohippus
- Proconsul
- Procoptodon
- Propalaeotherium
- Protemnodon
- Purgatorius
- Rodhocetus
- Sahelanthropus
- Sarkastodon
- Sivatherium
- Stag-moose
- Stegodon
- Stegomastodon
- Steppe bison
- Sthenurus
- Synthetoceras
- Thalassocnus
- Thylacosmilus
- Titanotylopus
- Uintatherium
- Xenosmilus
- Zygomaturus
60 ptsRare21 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- American lion
- Australopithecus
- Brontotherium
- Cave bear
- Cave lion
- Diprotodon
- Elasmotherium
- Eohippus
- Giant beaver
- Gigantopithecus
- Glyptodon
- Homo erectus
- Hyaenodon
- Livyatan
- Macrauchenia
- Megaloceros
- Pakicetus
- Paraceratherium
- Short-faced bear
- Thylacoleo
- Toxodon
30 ptsSchooler4 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Dire wolf
- Giant ground sloth
- Mastodon
- Woolly rhino
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Neanderthal— Genuinely a prehistoric mammal, and our closest extinct cousin.
10 ptsPlankton2 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Saber-toothed tiger
- Woolly mammoth