Stegotetrabelodon
6868Stegotetrabelodon (Stegotetrabelodon Petrocchi, 1941)
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Dimensions: length - 7 m, height - 3,5 -4 m, weight - 8 000-12 000 kg
Temporal range: during the Late Miocene - Early Pliocene epoch (Africa, Europe and Asia)
A typical representative: Stegotetrabelodon syrticus, Petrocchi, 1954
Stegotetrabelodon is an extinct genus of elephant or gomphothere from the Miocene. Largest species was S. syrticus, which reached roughly 4 m in shoulder height.
Stegotetrabelodon (Stegotetrabelodon Petrocchi, 1941)
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Dimensions: length - 7 m, height - 3,5 -4 m, weight - 8 000-12 000 kg
Temporal range: during the Late Miocene - Early Pliocene epoch (Africa, Europe and Asia)
A typical representative: Stegotetrabelodon syrticus, Petrocchi, 1954
Stegotetrabelodon is an extinct genus of elephant or gomphothere from the Miocene. Largest species was S. syrticus, which reached roughly 4 m in shoulder height.