- of this
group (synapomorphy) and is not
found in more
primitive non-
elephantimorph Elephantiformes.
Members of
Elephantida are
distinguished from mammutids...
-
shortened (brevirostrine). This
process happened convergently amongst other elephantimorph proboscideans,
including gomphotheres, stegodontids, and elephantids...
- the
Miocene include the deinotheres,
along with the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which...
-
genus of the Mammutidae, the sole
family of the
elephantimorph clade Mammutida (the
other elephantimorph clade is Elephantida). The
Mammutidae is characterized...
- the
Miocene include the deinotheres,
along with the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which...
- the
fragmentary nature of
known remains. In
comparison to more
basal elephantimorphs like gomphotheres, the
bodies of
elephantids tend to be proportionally...
- have
lived in
social family groups, like
modern elephants. Like
other elephantimorphs and
modern elephants,
gomphotheres are
thought to have
utilized infrasonic...
-
Extinct genus of
gomphothere elephantimorph native to
South America...
- to
those of
living elephants. The
lower jaw in
comparison to
early elephantimorphs and its
ancestor Stegolophodon is
shortened (brevirostrine), and lacks...
- 7 t (6.6 long tons; 7.4
short tons). Gomphotherium, like most
basal elephantimorphs, had an
elongated lower jaw
which bore tusks.
Species of Gomphotherium...
