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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. The
first specimen was...
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considerable size, with an
estimated m**** of
around 2 tonnes,
while others like
Moeritherium are
suggested to have been semi-aquatic. A
major event in proboscidean...
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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...
- †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...
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considerable size, with an
estimated m**** of
around 2 tonnes,
while others like
Moeritherium are
suggested to have been semi-aquatic. A
major event in proboscidean...
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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...
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other primitive proboscideans (including Phosphatherium, Numidotherium,
Moeritherium and Daouitherium)
which together form one of the most
complete evolutionary...
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species of sea
snakes Melampodium gracile, a
flowering plant species Moeritherium gracile, an
Eocene mammal species The same root
appears in the names...
