- "trilophodont
gomphotheres", and "tetralophodont
gomphotheres". "Tetralophodont
gomphotheres" are
distinguished from "trilophodont
gomphotheres" by the presence...
-
Elephantids are
distinguished from more
primitive proboscideans like
gomphotheres by
their teeth,
which have
parallel lophs,
formed from the
merger of...
-
became extinct (including mammutids,
gomphotheres and deinotheres), with the
exception of Stegodon.
Gomphotheres dis****d into
South America during this...
- distinguished. The
gomphotheres belong to the
second phase,
which began in the
lower Miocene. The main
characteristic of true
gomphotheres is the formation...
-
indicates that
similar behaviour occurred in
extinct proboscideans like
gomphotheres and mastodons.
Elephants often discharge a thick, tar-like secretion...
-
Stegomastodon ('roof
breast tooth') is an
extinct genus of
gomphotheres. It
ranged throughout North America from the
Pliocene (early
Blancan ~4 Ma), to...
-
closest extinct relatives,
including stegodontids and "tetralophodont
gomphotheres", the
latter of
which are
otherwise placed in Gomphotheriidae. An autapomorphic...
-
lophs that are
different from
those of more
primitive proboscideans like
gomphotheres and mammutids.
Fossils of the
genus are
known from
Africa and across...
- the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons),
gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which
includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon)...
- 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...
