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Definition of Proboscidea

Proboscidea
Proboscidea Pro`bos*cid"e*a, n. pl. [NL. See Proboscis.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons.

Meaning of Proboscidea from wikipedia

- Proboscidea (/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə/; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Gr**** προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals...
- Proboscidea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as devil's claw, devil's horn, ram's horn, or unicorn...
- the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family...
- years ago on the landm**** of Afro-Arabia. The closest relatives of the Proboscidea are the sirenians and the hyraxes. The family Elephantidae arose a million...
- Proboscidea sabulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names sanddune unicorn-plant, dune unicorn plant and...
- Proboscidea louisianica is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae. Its true native range is unclear, but probably includes parts of the...
- bilophodont ch**** teeth (double transverse ridges on the crowns of the teeth). Proboscidea and Sirenia are linked together based on auditory characters in their...
- Proboscidea parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae known by the common names doubleclaw and red devil's-claw. It is native...
- the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include mammoths and mastodons. Distinctive features...
- presence of primitive Elephantiformes in Lutetian deposits. Phylogeny of Proboscidea showing placement of Deinotheriidae, following Hautier et al. 2021: The...