- "trilophodont
gomphotheres", and "tetralophodont
gomphotheres". "Tetralophodont
gomphotheres" are
distinguished from "trilophodont
gomphotheres" by the presence...
- distinguished. The
gomphotheres belong to the
second phase,
which began in the
lower Miocene. The main
characteristic of true
gomphotheres is the formation...
-
became extinct (including mammutids,
gomphotheres and deinotheres), with the
exception of Stegodon.
Gomphotheres dis****d into
South America during this...
- in
parallel in
mammutids and
members of
Elephantida (which
includes gomphotheres and elephants),
though this is uncertain.
Compared to
modern elephants...
-
closest extinct relatives,
including stegodontids and "tetralophodont
gomphotheres", the
latter of
which are
otherwise placed in Gomphotheriidae. An autapomorphic...
-
Elephantids are
distinguished from more
primitive proboscideans like
gomphotheres by
their teeth,
which have
parallel lophs,
formed from the
merger of...
- Direct. Lambert, W.D (1992). "The
feeding habits of the shovel-tusked
gomphotheres:
evidence from tusk wear patterns". Paleobiology. 18 (2): 132–147. Bibcode:1992Pbio...
-
environments ranging from gr****lands to
tropical rainforest.
Among the last
gomphotheres along with the
South American Notiomastodon, it
became extinct as part...
-
Stegomastodon ('roof
breast tooth') is an
extinct genus of
gomphotheres. It
ranged throughout North America from the
Pliocene (early
Blancan ~4 Ma), to...
- may
serve as seed
distribution vectors).
Daniel Janzen suggested that
gomphotheres (extinct elephant-like animals) may have
previously been responsible...
