Gomphothere
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Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants. First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia and North America during the Miocene and arr
Gophotherium at AMNH
Stegomastodon CCB
Largely unworn molar of Gomphotherium angustidens, a "trilophodont gomphothere"
Worn molar of Gomphotherium angustidens
Cuvieronius
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Cuvieronius is an extinct New World genus of gomphothere which ranged from southern North America to northwestern South America during the Pleistocene epoch. Reaching a shoulder height of 2.3 m and a
Gomphothere
…the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene, the diversity of gomphotheres declined, ultimately becoming extinct outside of the Americas. The last two genera, Cuvieronius ranging from southern North America to northwestern South America, and Notiomastodon ranging over most of South America, continued to exist until the…
Cuvieronius hyodon 892
Largely unworn molar tooth
Skull and jaws of the neotype specimen of Cuvieronius hyodon (MNHN TAR 1270) in various views including side-on (A), in top-down view (D) and from below (E)
Skeleton of Cuvieronius on display in Bolivia, with a glyptodont in the foreground