-
modern elephants were
probably convergently evolved. Like elephantids,
stegodontids are
thought to have
evolved from
gomphothere ancestors. Stegodontidae...
- the
elephants as well as
their closest extinct relatives,
including stegodontids and "tetralophodont gomphotheres", the
latter of
which are otherwise...
- as well as
Elephantida (amebelodonts, c****olophodonts, gomphotheres,
stegodontids and elephantids). All
members of this
group have the
horizontal tooth...
- jaw
movement is
thought to have
evolved independently in
elephants and
stegodontids.
Stegodon po****tions from the Late
Pliocene of the
India (including...
- †Stegodontidae (
stegodontids) Elephantidae...
-
includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon), c****olophodontids and
stegodontids.
Around 10
million years ago, the
earliest members of the
family Elephantidae...
-
amongst other elephantimorph proboscideans,
including gomphotheres,
stegodontids, and elephantids.
Mammutids are
thought to have had
prehensile trunks...
-
includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon), c****olophodontids and
stegodontids.
Around 10
million years ago, the
earliest members of the
family Elephantidae...
- gomphotheres" such as
Tetralophodon which are
probably ancestral to
stegodontids and elephantids.
Gomphotherium first arrived in
North America during...
- the back to the
front of the
lower jaws) used by
modern elephants and
stegodontids, with this
oblique movement being combined with
vertical (orthal) motion...
