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Elephantimorpha is a
clade of
proboscideans that
contains the
Mammutidae (mastodons), as well as
Elephantida (amebelodonts, c****olophodonts, gomphotheres...
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elephants and stegodontids. Like
modern elephants and
other members of
Elephantimorpha,
gomphotheres had
horizontal tooth replacement,
where teeth would progressively...
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mammals to
being replaced horizontally in the
clade Elephantimorpha.
While early Elephantimorpha generally had
lower jaws with an
elongated mandibular...
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Mammutidae is an
extinct family of
proboscideans belonging to
Elephantimorpha. It is best
known for the
mastodons (genus Mammut),
which inhabited North...
- Palaeomastodontidae. Most
diversity of the
group is
placed in the
subclade Elephantimorpha,
which includes mastodons (family Mammutidae), as well as
modern elephants...
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functioned as
defensive weapons.
Unlike later proboscideans belonging to
Elephantimorpha, the
teeth erupted vertically rather than horizontally, as
shared with...
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Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link"
between early Elephantiformes and
Elephantimorpha, and
biogeographic implications.
Proceedings of the
National Academy...
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Elephantimorpha...
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Oligocene of Eritrea, a "missing link"
between early Elephantiformes and
Elephantimorpha, and
biogeographic implications".
Proceedings of the
National Academy...
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family because of
strong zygodont development. As a
family of the
Elephantimorpha clade, it is only
distantly related to the
Deinotheriidae due to major...
