Stupendemys lived about 7-13 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch near modern South America.

骇龟生活在大约700-1300万年前中期，靠近代南美洲。

And they are known from the late Miocene, about eight million years ago.

它们出在大约 800 万年前即中末期。

And it was only one of many species of carnivorous whales in the middle Miocene.

而且，它只是中中期众多食肉类中一种。

Discokeryx lived in open grasslands with small groups of trees during a time known as the Miocene period.

在第三纪中期，獬豸盘角鹿生活在开阔长有小片树木草原上。

Paleoanthropologists found the newly identified diurnal owl lived around 6 million years ago in the late Miocene period.

古人类学家这种昼夜猫头鹰生活在大约 600 万年前中晚期。

The largest are the thunderbirds called Dromornis stirtoni. And they are known from the late Miocene, about eight million years ago.

体型最大雷鸟是史氏雷啸鸟(Dromornis stirtoni)。生活年代为中晚期，约为800万年前。

Now, being so big probably helped them deal with large Miocene predators, like saber-toothed barbourofelids.

在， 体型如此之大可能帮助它们应对大型中捕食者，比如剑齿巴布尔猫科动物。

Many other lineages of apes thrived during the Miocene.

中期，许多其他种类猿类也繁荣昌盛。

So what caused this really bad day in the Miocene?

那么是什么导致了中这个非常糟糕一天 呢？

This major climatic shift likely caused the extinction of many Miocene ape lineages.

这次重大气候变化可能导致了众多中猿类谱系灭绝。