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gomphothere
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Noun1.gomphothere - extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene
elephant - five-toed pachyderm
genus Gomphotherium, Gomphotherium - type genus of the Gomphotheriidae
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The research examined carbon and oxygen isotopes within tooth enamel to understand the diets of medium to large mammals, including pronghorn, deer, llamas, peccaries, tapirs, horses, mastodons, mammoths and gomphotheres, a group of extinct elephant-like animals.
Ancient mammals shifted diets as climate changed by Asian News International
A key fossil find in the Dove Springs Formation near Red Rock Canyon State Park late last month provided scientific proof that ancient elephants called shovel-tusk gomphotheres lumbered through this once lush area more than 9.
ROAD WORK LEADS TO FOSSIL DISCOVERY : LOWER TUSK FRAGMENT OF ANCIENT ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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