-
likely capable of
communicating via
infrasonic calls.
While early elephantimorphs generally had
lower jaws with an
elongated mandibular symphysis at...
-
common ancestor of
elephantimorphs, with musth-like
behaviour also
suggested to have
occurred in gomphotheres. All
elephantimorphs are
suggested to have...
-
fragmentary nature of
known remains. In
comparison to more
primitive elephantimorphs like gomphotheres, the
bodies of
elephantids tend to be proportionally...
- and
Middle Miocene Diversification of
Proboscideans and
Dominance of
Elephantimorphs".
Evolution and
Fossil Record of
African Proboscidea. CRC Press. pp...
- the
Miocene include the deinotheres,
along with the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which...
- 7 t (6.6 long tons; 7.4
short tons). Gomphotherium, like most
basal elephantimorphs, had an
elongated lower jaw
which bore tusks.
Species of Gomphotherium...
- to
those of
living elephants. The
lower jaw in
comparison to
early elephantimorphs and its
ancestor Stegolophodon is
shortened (brevirostrine), and lacks...
-
Extinct genus of
gomphothere elephantimorph native to
South America...
-
shortened (brevirostrine). This
process happened convergently amongst other elephantimorph proboscideans,
including gomphotheres, stegodontids, and elephantids...
-
published online by
Sanders (2019). A
study comparing the
diversity of
elephantimorph proboscideans of
northern and
southern China during the late Miocene...
