Definition of Gomphotheres. Meaning of Gomphotheres. Synonyms of Gomphotheres

- "trilophodont gomphotheres", and "tetralophodont gomphotheres". "Tetralophodont gomphotheres" are distinguished from "trilophodont gomphotheres" by the presence...
- became extinct (including mammutids, gomphotheres and deinotheres), with the exception of Stegodon. Gomphotheres dis****d into South America during this...
- evolved from gomphotheres, with some authors proposing the most likely ancestors to be African species of the "tetralophodont gomphothere" Tetralophodon...
- distinguished. The gomphotheres belong to the second phase, which began in the lower Miocene. The main characteristic of true gomphotheres is the formation...
- closest extinct relatives, including stegodontids and "tetralophodont gomphotheres", the latter of which are otherwise placed in Gomphotheriidae. An autapomorphic...
- in parallel in mammutids and members of Elephantida (which includes gomphotheres and elephants), though this is uncertain. Compared to modern elephants...
- Stegomastodon ('roof breast tooth') is an extinct genus of gomphotheres. It ranged throughout North America from the Pliocene (early Blancan ~4 Ma), to...
- to be paraphyletic and the ancestor of later gomphothere genera, including the "tetralophodont gomphotheres" such as Tetralophodon which are probably ancestral...
- evidence that similar behaviour occurred in extinct proboscideans like gomphotheres and mastodons. Elephants often discharge a thick, tar-like secretion...
- environments ranging from gr****lands to tropical rainforest. Among the last gomphotheres along with the South American Notiomastodon, it became extinct as part...