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Moeritherium ("the
beast from Lake Moeris") is an
extinct genus of
basal proboscideans from the
Eocene of
North and West Africa. It was
related to elephants...
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included Numidotherium,
Moeritherium and
Barytherium from Africa.
These animals were
relatively small and some, like
Moeritherium and
Barytherium were probably...
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pronounced bumpy chewing surface indicates it is
probably closely related to
Moeritherium. The
genus is
known only from a
partial upper molar 10.7 mm long and...
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shrew Hispaniolan solenodon Echidna Elephant seal
Leptictidium (extinct)
Moeritherium (extinct)
Numbat Proboscis monkey Saiga antelope Members of the tapir...
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included Numidotherium,
Moeritherium, and
Barytherium from Africa.
These animals were
relatively small and, some, like
Moeritherium and
Barytherium were...
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branch of proboscideans,
although more
derived than
Barytherium and
Moeritherium. All
deinotheres were
large animals that
evolved to be even larger, and...
- †Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †
Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae
Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
- 2012. Lake
Moeris lends its name to the
extinct proboscidean mammal Moeritherium, a
distant relative of
modern elephants first described from the nearby...
- Paleocene-Holocene Top:
African elephant,
Caribbean manatee; middle:
Moeritherium,
woolly mammoth; bottom: Paleoparadoxia,
Arsinoitherium Scientific classification...
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ecological niche to the
modern hippopotamus and the
related early proboscid Moeritherium,
feeding on soft,
aquatic plants in
marshy environments. The Numidotheriidae...
