†T. euryrostris (Wang, Saegusa, Duangkrayom, He, and Chen, 2017)[1]
Tetralophodon ("four-ridged tooth") is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" belonging to the superfamily Elephantoidea, known from the Miocene of Afro-Eurasia.[2][3][4]
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Tetralophodon ("four-ridged tooth") is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" belonging to the superfamily Elephantoidea, known from the Miocene...
(brevirostrine) and lower tusks being absent. Comparison of teeth Molar of Tetralophodon, a "tetralophodont gomphothere" Worn molar of Stegotetrabelodon, a primitive...
"trilophodont gomphothere" Worn molar of Gomphotherium angustidens Molar of Tetralophodon, a "tetralophodont gomphothere " Molar of a modern African elephant...
"Stegatetrabelodon" gigantorostris from the Late Miocene of China is now placed in Tetralophodon. An estimate based on the size of limb bones collected from Sahabi suggests...
gomphothere genera, including the "tetralophodont gomphotheres" such as Tetralophodon which are probably ancestral to stegodontids and elephantids. Gomphotherium...
with M. arvernensis in 1859. In 1857, Falconer erected the subgenus Tetralophodon for the species M. arvernensis, M. longirostris, and M. sivalensis....
Tragoportax, Miotragocerus and Dorcatherium, the “gomphotherid” elephantoid Tetralophodon, the porcupine Hystrix, and the suid Microstonyx. Machairodus would...
based on microwear. Anancus is suggested to have evolved from Tetralophodon or a Tetralophodon-like ancestor. The oldest known species of Anancus is A. perimensis...
the only unequivocal species in the genus, but the Far Eastern form "Tetralophodon" exoletus is tentatively considered referable to this genus based on...
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