Gomphotherium enters the LRT
Gomphotherium
(Burmeister 1837, Figs. 1-3) is an extinct elephant with a long tooth-tipped chin known worldwide from the Early Miocene to the Early Pleistocene.
No surprise here…
Gomphotherium nests with Paleomastodon and Elephas in the large reptile tree (LRT, 1345 taxa).
Some gomphotheres
have long, elephantine legs (Fig. 1).
Others
have rather short legs (Fig. 2). This is a derived taxon, by the way (Fig. 3).
But they all have a really long chin.
Which they get from their father’s side of the family. : )
References
Gheerbrant E 2009. “Paleocene emergence of elephant relatives and the rapid radiation of African ungulates”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (26): 10717–10721.
Source: https://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2018/12/06/gomphotherium-enters-the-lrt/
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