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Tetralophodon ("four-ridged tooth") is an
extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere"
belonging to the
superfamily Elephantoidea,
known from the Miocene...
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suggested to have
probably evolved from the "tetralophodont gomphothere"
Tetralophodon. The
earliest species S.
emiratus is
known from the Late
Miocene Baynunah...
- (brevirostrine) and
lower tusks being absent.
Comparison of
teeth Molar of
Tetralophodon, a "tetralophodont gomphothere" Worn
molar of Stegotetrabelodon, a primitive...
- proboscideans.
During the Late Miocene, the "tetralophodont gomphothere"
Tetralophodon is
suggested to have
given rise to the
family Elephantidae in Afro-Arabia...
- †"Tetralophodont gomphotheres"
Anancus Paratetralophodon Pediolophodon Tetralophodon †Stegodontidae
Stegodon Stegolophodon Elephantidae Elephas Loxodonta...
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African bush
elephant (Loxodonta africana)
taken in
Namibia Skeleton of
Tetralophodon, a "tetralophodont gomphothere"
Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota...
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gomphothere genera,
including the "tetralophodont gomphotheres" such as
Tetralophodon which are
probably ancestral to
stegodontids and elephantids. Gomphotherium...
- †"Tetralophodont gomphotheres"
Anancus Paratetralophodon Pediolophodon Tetralophodon †Stegodontidae
Stegodon Stegolophodon Elephantidae Elephas Loxodonta...
- †"Tetralophodont gomphotheres"
Anancus Paratetralophodon Pediolophodon Tetralophodon †Stegodontidae
Stegodon Stegolophodon Elephantidae Elephas Loxodonta...
- 1855 †Paratetralophodon T****y, 1983 †Pediolophodon Lambert, 2007 †
Tetralophodon Falconer, 1857
Superfamily Elephantoidea Gray, 1821 †Family Stegodontidae...
