- evolution,
which outlasted the long-jawed
gomphotheres. By the end of the
Early Pleistocene,
gomphotheres became extinct in Afro-Eurasia, with the last...
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became extinct (including mammutids,
gomphotheres and deinotheres), with the
exception of Stegodon.
Gomphotheres dis****d into
South America during this...
- distinguished. The
gomphotheres belong to the
second phase,
which began in the
lower Miocene. The main
characteristic of true
gomphotheres is the formation...
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evolved from
gomphotheres, with some
authors proposing the most
likely ancestors to be
African species of the "tetralophodont
gomphothere" Tetralophodon...
- in
parallel in
mammutids and
members of
Elephantida (which
includes gomphotheres and elephants),
though this is uncertain.
Early members of the group...
-
Torynobelodon Lambert, W.D (1992). "The
feeding habits of the shovel-tusked
gomphotheres:
evidence from tusk wear patterns". Paleobiology. 18 (2): 132–147. Bibcode:1992Pbio...
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Stegomastodon ('roof
breast tooth') is an
extinct genus of
gomphotheres. It
ranged throughout North America from the
Pliocene (early
Blancan ~4 Ma), to...
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relationship with now-extinct
large mammals (such as
giant ground sloths or
gomphotheres). Most
large fleshy fruits serve the
function of seed dispersal, accomplished...
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lophs that are
different from
those of more
primitive proboscideans like
gomphotheres and mammutids. The
oldest fossils of the
genus are
found in Late Miocene...
- the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons),
gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which
includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon)...
