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Moeritherium
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 and, more distantly, to sea cows and hyraxes.
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Moeritherium | |
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M. trigodon skull cast, at the AMNH. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | †Moeritheriidae C.W. Andrews, 1906 |
Genus: | †Moeritherium C.W. Andrews, 1901 |
Type species | |
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews, 1901 | |
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