Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted combined with its intermediate size

combined with its intermediate size

Altura 13 mm

sugiere que desarrolló adaptaciones defensivas especializadas para sobrevivir en su entorno insular

Snout-tail length 75 mm

Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted combined with its intermediate sizeDuring the late Miocene and early Pliocene, African ecosystems underwent significant ecological and faunal transitions, most notably the diversification of proboscideans, a group that includes modern elephants and their extinct ancestors. In this paleobiological context, Stegotetrabelodon syrticus represents an important transitional taxon within elephantine evolution, displaying a combination of primitive and derived morphological characters that