Deinotherium enters the LRT with Gomphotherium

Known since Kaup 1829,Deinotherium giganteum (Kaup 1829; Late Miocene; Figs 1, 2) is a large deinothere (Fig 2), the clade of elephants lacking premaxillary tusks. Instead large dentary (= mandible) tusks curl ventrally then posteriorly in all deinotheres (Fig 2) , distinct from all other elephant genera, as everyone already knows. Interrelationships have been traditionally…

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Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Deinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the terrestrial faunas of the European Miocene

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Deinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the terrestrial faunas of the European Miocene

Tiny Phyllodontosuchus lufengensis enters the LRT alongside tiny Coloradisuchus

Deinotherium, a huge and primitive proboscidean that had tusks on its lower jaws instead of its upper jaws, unlike its distant elephant relatives : r/Naturewasmetal

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

An adult Deinotherium from 7 million years ago is compared to a modern adult African Elephant (genus Loxodonta). The Deinotherium is 16 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 17,000 pounds, while

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Deinotherium - The Terrible Beast - Facts and Information about the prehistoric giant elephant

Poebrotherium enters the LRT at the base of camels

Deinotherium - The Terrible Beast - Facts and Information about the prehistoric giant elephant