Tetralophodon (`four-ridged tooth`) is an extinct gomphothere genus belonging to the family Gomphotheriidae. ==Etymology== The genus Tetralophodon (meaning `four-ridged tooth`) was named in the mid-19th century with the discovery of the specialized teeth. Tetralophodon was an elephant-like animal which existed through the late Miocene and earl...
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Tetralophodon meaning four-ridged tooth) was an elephant-like mammal (a mastodon) that lived during the Pliocene Epoch, roughly 5-2 million years ago. It had a massive body (10 feet=3 m tall at the shoulders), a long trunk, two large incisors (up to 6.5 feet=2 m long), small ears, and massive, column-like legs. The front legs were slightly longer t...
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