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GOMPHOTHERIUM

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Title: GOMPHOTHERIUM

Caption: Gomphotherium, closely related to mastodons, disappeared before the end of the Pleistocene. The 3 m (10 ft) tall creature, also known as Trilophodon or Tetrabelodon, resembled a modern elephant but had four tusks instead of two: two on the upper jaw and two on the elongated lower jaw. The lower ones are parallel and shaped like a shovel and were probably used as such. Unlike modern elephants, the upper tusks were covered by a layer of enamel. These animals probably lived in swamps or near lakes, using their tusks to dig or scrape up aquatic vegetation. This specimen was found in Nebraska. Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta, Canada.

Category: Animals • nature • Reptiles & Amphibians • Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Stephen J. Krasemann

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Image size: 4304 × 2852 px | 35.1 MB

Print size: 36.4 × 24.1 cm | 1694.5 × 1122.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALBERTA CANADA • AMERICA NORTH • ANIMALS • CANADIAN MUSEUM • CENOZOIC ERA • EXTINCT ANIMAL • FOSSIL • FOSSILIZED BONES • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GOMPHOTHERE • GOMPHOTHERIIDAE • GOMPHOTHERIUM SKELETON • GOMPHOTHERIUM SKULL • GOMPHOTHERIUM • MAMMAL • MAMMALIA • MAMMALIAN • MAMMALS • MIOCENE EPOCH • MOUNTED SPECIMEN • MUSEUM DISPLAY • MUSEUM EXHIBIT • NATURE • NEBRASKA FOSSIL • NEOZOIC ERA • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC FAUNA • PROBOSCIDEA • REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM • SHOVEL-TOOTHED ELEPHANT • SHOVEL-TUSKED MASTODON • TERABELODON • TRILOPHODON