Palaeoloxodon namadicus
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Palaeoloxodon namadicus is an extinct species of prehistoric elephant known from the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene of the Indian subcontinent, and possibly also elsewhere in Asia. The species
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
Diagram of a partial skull of a mature female (NHMUK PV M3092) in front-on and side-on views, with the parietal-occipital crest (POC) labeled and reconstructed parts in light grey
Highly speculative size estimate of P. namadicus based on a lost partial femur measured in the 19th century, compared to the largest known specimen of the paracerathere Paraceratherium transouralicum (labelled as Indricotherium transouralicum)
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Paraceratherium
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Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae. It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed and lived from the Early to
Palaeoloxodon namadicus
…estimates based on a lost, fragmentary, femur – measured in the 19th century – has led some authors to suggest that P. namadicus may have been larger than Paraceratherium, generally considered the largest known land mammal ever. Remains now recognised as belonging to P. namadicus were unearthed during the rule of the…
Палеонтологический музей Орлова
Fossils named Thaumastotherium and Baluchitherium osborni in 1913, now junior synonyms of P. bugtiense
Preparator Otto Falkenbach with P. transouralicum skull (AMNH 18650), originally assigned to B. grangeri, 1923
1923 skeletal reconstructions of B. grangeri (now P. transouralicum), in rhinoceros-like and slender versions