Definition of Stegodontid. Meaning of Stegodontid. Synonyms of Stegodontid

- modern elephants were probably convergently evolved. Like elephantids, stegodontids are thought to have evolved from gomphothere ancestors. Stegodontidae...
- †Stegodontidae (stegodontids) Elephantidae...
- includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon), c****olophodontids and stegodontids. Around 10 million years ago, the earliest members of the family Elephantidae...
- Middle Pleistocene animals such as the panda Ailuropoda baconi and the stegodontid proboscidean Stegodon. Other classic animals typically include orangutans...
- Stegolophodon is an extinct genus of stegodontid proboscideans. It lived during the Miocene epoch in Asia. The earliest fossils are known from the Early...
- as well as Elephantida (amebelodonts, c****olophodonts, gomphotheres, stegodontids and elephantids). All members of this group have the horizontal tooth...
- includes the "shovel tuskers" like Platybelodon), c****olophodontids and stegodontids. Around 10 million years ago, the earliest members of the family Elephantidae...
- estimated body m**** of around 400 kilograms (880 lb). Some species of the stegodontid Stegolophodon from the Middle Miocene of ****an around 16 million years...
- jaw movement is thought to have evolved independently in elephants and stegodontids. Stegodon po****tions from the Late Pliocene of the India (including...
- the back to the front of the lower jaws) used by modern elephants and stegodontids, with this oblique movement being combined with vertical (orthal) motion...