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Description: | Tetralophodon was a mastodon (elephant-like mammal) that lived during the Pliocene (1.8 - 5.2 million years ago). Its name comes from its molar teeth which have four (tetra) large ridges. It is one of about 300 extinct members of the Proboscidea (mammals with trunks), the only survivors of which are the Indian and African elephants. It stood 3m tall at the shoulders, had a massive body, a long trunk and males had tusks up to 2 metres long. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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