Paratetralophodon

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Paratetralophodon
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Pliocene
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Paratetralophodon
Species
  • P. hasnotensis

Paratetralophodon is an extinct genus of gomphothere. Paratetralophodon may be an ancestor of Tetralophodon. The elephant-like animal lived through the Miocene and Pliocene epochs. It had four tusks and a trunk.

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