Moeritherium ("the beast from Lake Moeris") is an extinct genus of basal proboscideans from the Eocene of North and West Africa. It was related to elephants...
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included Numidotherium, Moeritherium and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were probably...
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pronounced bumpy chewing surface indicates it is probably closely related to Moeritherium. The genus is known only from a partial upper molar 10.7 mm long and...
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shrew Hispaniolan solenodon Echidna Elephant seal Leptictidium (extinct) Moeritherium (extinct) Numbat Proboscis monkey Saiga antelope Members of the tapir...
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branch of proboscideans, although more derived than Barytherium and Moeritherium. All deinotheres were large animals that evolved to be even larger, and...
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†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...
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2012. Lake Moeris lends its name to the extinct proboscidean mammal Moeritherium, a distant relative of modern elephants first described from the nearby...
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species of sea snakes Melampodium gracile, a flowering plant species Moeritherium gracile, an Eocene mammal species The same root appears in the names...
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included Numidotherium, Moeritherium, and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and, some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were...
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ecological niche to the modern hippopotamus and the related early proboscid Moeritherium, feeding on soft, aquatic plants in marshy environments. The Numidotheriidae...
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