Deinotherium enters the LRT with Gomphotherium

Known since Kaup 1829,Deinotherium giganteum (Kaup 1829; Late Miocene; Figs 1, 2) is a large deinothere (Fig 2), the clade of elephants lacking premaxillary tusks. Instead large dentary (= mandible) tusks curl ventrally then posteriorly in all deinotheres (Fig 2) , distinct from all other elephant genera, as everyone already knows. Interrelationships have been traditionally…

Deinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the terrestrial faunas of the European Miocene

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Tiny Phyllodontosuchus lufengensis enters the LRT alongside tiny Coloradisuchus

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Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Deinotherium levius and Tetralophodon longirostris (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany), and their biostratigraphic significance for the terrestrial faunas of the European Miocene

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

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