Although Gomphotherium is not as famous as dinosaurs, it left an intriguing story thanks to its iconic protruding jaw and tusks. To learn more about this extinct elephant ancestor, read …

It describes several extinct elephant species such as Moeritherium, Palaeomastodon, Gomphotherium, and Primelephas that lived at different time periods and had traits that …

gomphothere, any member of a line of extinct elephants that formed the most numerous group of the order Proboscidea and lived from perhaps as early as the end of the Oligocene Epoch …

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 …

Gomphotherium (/ ˌɡɒmfəˈθɪəriəm /; "nail beast" for its double set of straight tusks) is an extinct genus of gomphothere proboscidean from the Neogene of Eurasia, Africa and North America. …

In this paper, the author described a new Gomphotherium species—Gomphotherium tassyi discovered from Linxia Basin in late Middle Miocene epoch. The new species is named after …

Mar 27, 2025 · The genus Gomphotherium, (gom-fo-theer-e-um) belongs to the family Gomphotheriidae, (a family within the mammal order Proboscidea extinct since the …

Gomphotherium (/ˌɡɒmfəˈθɪəriəm/; "Welded Beast") is an extinct genus of proboscid that evolved in the Early Miocene of North America and lived for about 10 million years from 13.650—3.6 Ma.

Gomphotherium (/ˌɡɒmfəˈθɪəriəm/; "Welded Beast") is an extinct genus of proboscid which evolved in the Early Miocene of North America from 13.650—3.6 Ma, living about 10 million …

Most ancestral distributions of the Gomphotheriinae clade were restricted to North America. Gomphotherium achieved a widespread distribution, colo- nizing Asia, Europe and Africa.