Palaeomastodon

Palaeomastodon

Taxobox
name = Palaeomastodon
fossil_range = Late Eocene to Early Oligocene


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Artistic representation by Heinrich Harder
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Eutheria
superordo = Afrotheria
ordo = Proboscidea
ordo_authority = Illiger, 1811
subdivision_ranks = Groups
subdivision =
familia=†Palaeomastodontidae
genus=†Palaeomastodon

Palaeomastodon an extinct genus of Proboscidea. Palaeomastodon fossils have been found in Africa, lived some 36-35 million years ago. They are believed to be the ancestors of elephants or Mastodons. This genus is related to "Moeritherium". [ [http://www.elephant.se/palaeomastodon.php The genus Palaeomastodon ] ] .

"Palaeomastodon" had tusks, both upper and lower. It had a trunk. It was 1 to 2 meters tall and weighed up to 2 tonnes. The lower tusks were flat rather than pointed cones.

Sources

* Chased By Sea Monsters by Nigel Marven and Jasper James (Pg.128)


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