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primitive elephantid Molar of a
modern African bush
elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Tooth of
Mammuthus sp.
Cross section through elephantid molars Elephantids are...
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elephants - e.g. EGHV1, EGHV2, EGHV3A, EGHV3B, EGHV4 and EGHV5 (also
called Elephantid gammaherpesviruses EIHV3, EIHV4, EIHV5, EIHV6, ElHV9 and ElHV10) - all...
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separately in
elephantids.
Mastodons had an
overall stockier skeletal build, a lower-domed skull, and a
longer tail
compared to
elephantids.
Fully grown...
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brevirostrine (shortened)
lower jaws with
vestigial or no
lower tusks.
Elephantids are
distinguished from
other proboscideans by a
major shift in the molar...
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numerous phylogenetic hypotheses regarding their relationship to
other elephantids. Some
scholars like Hans
Pohlig in 1891 and
Osborn in 1935 considered...
- A
mammoth is any
species of the
extinct elephantid genus Mammuthus. They
lived from the late
Miocene epoch (from
around 6.2 million
years ago) into the...
- epochs. The name of the
genus suggests 'first elephant'.
These primitive elephantids are
thought to be the
common ancestor of Mammuthus, the mammoths, and...
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similarities with
modern elephants were
probably convergently evolved. Like
elephantids,
stegodontids are
thought to have
evolved from
gomphothere ancestors...
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Elephantidae emerged in Africa,
having originated from gomphotheres.
Elephantids are
distinguished from
earlier proboscideans by a
major shift in the...
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Elephantida (amebelodonts, c****olophodonts, gomphotheres,
stegodontids and
elephantids). All
members of this
group have the
horizontal tooth replacement typical...
