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Stegodontidae is an
extinct family of
proboscideans from
Africa and Asia (with a
single occurrence in Europe) from the
Early Miocene (at
least 17.3 million...
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might be a
genetic throwback to
extinct species such as the
mammoths and
stegodonts. However, a DNA test
later confirmed it was a "regular"
Asian elephant...
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members of
Proboscidea include the deinotheres, mastodons,
gomphotheres and
stegodonts. The
family Elephantidae also
contains several extinct groups, including...
- an
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).
Similar to modern-day elephants,
stegodonts were
likely good swimmers,
allowing them to dis**** to
remote islands...
- Flores,
Sumba and Sulawesi,
Timor was also once a
habitat of
extinct dwarf stegodonts,
relatives of elephants.
Fauna of
today includes a
number of
endemic species...
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still extant, that
coexisted with both Homo
floresiensis and the
dwarf stegodonts on Flores. The
process of
insular dwarfing can
occur relatively rapidly...
- " borsoni but
lower than
those of
elephantids (extant and extinct) and
stegodonts. The type
species is also
known from
endocasts of ear petrosals. According...
- well,
while primate distribution declined. Elephants,
gomphotheres and
stegodonts were
successful in Asia (the
largest land
mammals of the
Pliocene were...
- SSC
Asian Elephant Specialist Group (17): 41–44. Ben S. Roesch. "Living
Stegodont or
Genetic Freak?".
Archived from the
original on 8
November 2006. Retrieved...
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Bonerate Islands.
Sulawesi was home to Celeboc****us, a
giant pig, and
Stegodonts,
relatives of the elephant. Both went
extinct in the Pleistocene. A 2017...
