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Deinotherium (from
Ancient Gr**** δεινός, (deinós),
meaning "terrible", and θηρίον (therión),
meaning "beast"), is an
extinct genus of large, elephant-like...
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Deinotherium are
among the
largest known land
mammals ever,
considerably exceeding modern elephants in size. The last
members of
Deinotherium persisted...
- re****igned to
Deinotherium.
During the 1970s, however, the two
genera were once
again separated, with
Prodeinotherium diagnosed to
include Deinotherium bavari****...
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Skeleton of the
primitive proboscidean Moeritherium lyonsi Skeletons of
Deinotherium (Deinotheriidae)
Skeletons of two
species of the
gomphothere Gomphotherium...
- †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae
Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae
Chilgatherium Deinotherium Prodeinotherium...
- on
Wrangel Island,
where they
persisted until around 4,000
years ago.
Deinotherium Embrithopoda Eritherium azzouzorum Zygolophodon Palaeoloxodon namadicus...
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century to the
present day,
scholars pointed out that the
fossil skulls of
Deinotherium giganteum,
found in
Crete and Greece,
might have been
interpreted as...
- tall.
Later studies have
shown that it is a Late
Miocene proboscidean Deinotherium or
close relative. The
existence of a
large tombstone from
early reports...
- By 2
million years ago,
there were 5
proboscidean species in Africa:
Deinotherium bozasi,
Palaeoloxodon recki,
Mammuthus meridionalis,
Loxodonta atlantica...
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identified with confidence. The
teeth differ from
those of Prodeinotherium,
Deinotherium, and the
various barytheres in
various details,
enough to show that this...
