- "nipple" and ὀδούς "tooth",
referring to
their characteristic teeth.
Mammutids are
characterised by
their zygodont (having the
opposite cusps merged...
- "Mammut"
borsoni is an
extinct species of
mammutid proboscidean known from the Late
Miocene to
Early Pleistocene of Eurasia,
spanning from
western Europe...
-
extinct genus of
mammutid proboscidean that
lived during the
Miocene in Africa, Eurasia, and
North America. As with
other mammutids, the
molars have a...
-
mammutids. The
earliest undisputed mammutid genus Lo****odon is
recorded in Kenya,
Africa and
firmly establishes the
earliest presence of
mammutids in...
- deinotheres,
along with the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which
includes the "shovel...
-
negative theory of
social degeneracy in
North America. Taxonomically, the
mammutid was
recognized as a
distinct species by
Robert Kerr in 1792 ("Elephas"...
-
contained later mammals like the
megatheriid ground sloth Megatherium and the
mammutid proboscidean Mammut (later
known informally as a "mastodon"),
which were...
- deinotheres,
along with the more
advanced elephantimorphs,
including mammutids (mastodons), gomphotheres,
amebelodontids (which
includes the "shovel...
-
different from
those of
other extinct proboscideans like
gomphotheres and
mammutids, with both
groups having a
proal jaw
movement utilizing forward strokes...
-
different from
those of more
primitive proboscideans like
gomphotheres and
mammutids. The
oldest fossils of the
genus are
found in Late
Miocene strata in Asia...
