Deinotherium enters the LRT with Gomphotherium

Known since Kaup 1829,Deinotherium giganteum (Kaup 1829; Late Miocene; Figs 1, 2) is a large deinothere (Fig 2), the clade of elephants lacking premaxillary tusks. Instead large dentary (= mandible) tusks curl ventrally then posteriorly in all deinotheres (Fig 2) , distinct from all other elephant genera, as everyone already knows. Interrelationships have been traditionally…

Gomphotherium

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Poebrotherium enters the LRT at the base of camels

Poebrotherium enters the LRT at the base of camels

Gomphotherium - Wikipedia

Deinotherium (2017)

Deinotherium - Wikipedia

Arabian Elephant v Deinotherium thraceiensis - Carnivora

Deinotherium, a huge and primitive proboscidean that had tusks on its lower jaws instead of its upper jaws, unlike its distant elephant relatives : r/Naturewasmetal

Gomphotherium - The Weilded Beast - An Early Elephant - Facts and Information About the Prehistoric Elephant

Gomphothere - Wikipedia