Stegotetrabelodon syrticus is an extinct primitive elephantid known from the Sahabi site in Libya, dating to around 6.8 to 5.3 million years ago, with remains also reported from the Late Miocene of Calabria in southern Italy, a region that was probably part of Africa at the time. Limb bones suggest that it reached about 4 metres at the shoulder and 11 to 12 tonnes in weight. Its lower tusks reached 2.2 metres in length yet weighed only about 12.5 kilograms, while its upper tusks reached 2.8 metres and more than 40 kilograms. It belongs to the genus Stegotetrabelodon, the most primitive group in the elephant family.
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with remains of the species also reported from the Late Miocene of Calabria in southern Italy
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Stegotetrabelodon (Wikipedia)Species account, distributionQuote, Species account, distribution
The species S. syrticus is known from the Sahabi site in Libya
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1. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Stegotetrabelodon syrticus
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"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, diet
"diet": "grazer, browser"
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large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk
3. Stegotetrabelodon (Wikipedia)
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is an extinct genus of primitive elephantids
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The species S. syrticus is known from the Sahabi site in Libya
Species account, distribution, where it lives
with remains of the species also reported from the Late Miocene of Calabria in southern Italy
Description
S. syrticus may have reached 4 m (13 ft 1 in) in shoulder height and 11-12 t (24,000-26,000 lb) in weight
Child Taxon Of: Stegotetrabelodon, Species list
The species S. syrticus is known from the Sahabi site in Libya
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is an extinct genus of primitive elephantids
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