Title: Miacid Contact: Laurie O'Keefe Description: Miacids, squirrel sized carnivores, similar to modern day pine martens in appearance and behavior, appeared during the Paleocene (55mya). Traditional wash/photoshop image created for the Smithsonian-National Museum of Natural History/Behring Family Hall of Mammals Keywords: miacid, early carnivore, paleontology, exinct mammal, fossil, extinction Media: Color Categories: Nature, Science Subject(s): Animal, Mammals, Paleontology, Vertebrates, Editorial Displaying image 3 of 74. Gallery of Laurie O'Keefe Email Laurie O'Keefe about this image. Copyright 2003 Laurie O'Keefe. This image is not available for reuse and is protected by copyright. To commission work with a similar theme, contact Laurie O'Keefe. To email this image to someone else, copy and paste this address: http://www.science-art.com/image.asp?id=840&m=58