Moeritherium ("the beast from Lake Moeris") is an extinct genus of basal proboscideans from the Eocene of North and West Africa. It was related to elephants...
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included Numidotherium, Moeritherium and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were probably...
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pronounced bumpy chewing surface indicates it is probably closely related to Moeritherium. The genus is known only from a partial upper molar 10.7 mm long and...
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shrew Hispaniolan solenodon Echidna Elephant seal Leptictidium (extinct) Moeritherium (extinct) Numbat Proboscis monkey Saiga antelope Members of the tapir...
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2012. Lake Moeris lends its name to the extinct proboscidean mammal Moeritherium, a distant relative of modern elephants first described from the nearby...
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included Numidotherium, Moeritherium, and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and, some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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branch of proboscideans, although more derived than Barytherium and Moeritherium. All deinotheres were large animals that evolved to be even larger, and...
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(12 in) and body mass of 17 kilograms (37 lb). Like its later relative, Moeritherium, the animal was probably an amphibious browser that fed on aquatic plants...
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other primitive proboscideans (including Phosphatherium, Numidotherium, Moeritherium and Daouitherium) which together form one of the most complete evolutionary...
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ecological niche to the modern hippopotamus and the related early proboscid Moeritherium, feeding on soft, aquatic plants in marshy environments. The Numidotheriidae...
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Paleocene-Holocene Top: African elephant, Caribbean manatee; middle: Moeritherium, woolly mammoth; bottom: Paleoparadoxia, Arsinoitherium Scientific classification...
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species of sea snakes Melampodium gracile, a flowering plant species Moeritherium gracile, an Eocene mammal species The same root appears in the names...
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seagrasses and other marine plants. Bones of the primitive elephant Moeritherium have also been recorded. Fossil reptiles are represented by fossils of...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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semi-aquatic way of life, as proven in the closely related Barytherium and in Moeritherium. The fused bones of the forearm support this view, but the plantigrade...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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scale, in which the brain of M. americanum was much larger than that of Moeritherium lyonsi but smaller than that of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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and Basiloterus, the primitive sirenian Protosiren, the early elephant Moeritherium, the sea turtle Puppigerus and many sharks, such as Galeocerdo alabamensis...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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doi:10.4202/app.00136.2014. Osborn, H. F. (1909). "The Feeding Habits of Mœritherium and Palæomastodon". Nature. 81 (2074): 139–140. Bibcode:1909Natur..81...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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Reconstruction of Andrewsarchus Basilosaurus, an Eocene whale Pakicetus, Ypresian Moeritherium, a basal proboscidean Megacerops, a brontotheriid Hyracodon, a perissodactyl...
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†Arcanotherium Delmer 2009 Family †Moeritheriidae Andrews 1906 Genus †Moeritherium Andrews 1901 Suborder †Barytherioidea Andrews 1906 Family †Numidotheriidae...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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