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鏟齒象
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鏟齒象(學名:Platybelodon)是一種大型食草哺乳動物。它生存於中新世,約1500萬-1000萬年前,範圍包括非洲、歐洲、亞洲和北美。雖然當時它數量眾多,但是在中新世滅絕。
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界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
綱: | 哺乳綱 Mammalia |
目: | 長鼻目 Proboscidea |
科: | †鏟齒象科 Amebelodontidae |
亞科: | †鏟齒象亞科 Platybelodontinae |
屬: | †鏟齒象屬 Platybelodon Borissiak, 1928 |
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鏟齒象以前被認為生活在草原的沼澤地區,用其牙齒鏟水生植被和半水生植被。不過,牙齒磨損圖案表明,它利用其下面的暴牙剝去樹皮,並可能使用了尖銳的門牙形成「鏟」的邊緣,就像一個現代的鐮刀,抓住樹枝並用下齒將其從樹上切斷。[1]
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鏟齒象與同為嵌齒象科的板齒象(Amebelodon)很相似。
參考資料
- Lambert, W.D. (1992). "The feeding habits of the shovel-tusked gomphotheres: evidence from tusk wear patterns." Paleobiology, 18(2): 132-147.
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