thagomizers:(left skeleton : Gomphotherium - right skeleton : Platybelodon)1.Gomphotherium obscurum
thagomizers:(left skeleton : Gomphotherium - right skeleton : Platybelodon)1.Gomphotherium obscurum (“welded beast”)Chordata/Mammalia/Proboscida/GomphotheriidaeMiocene/Pliocene (13 - 3.6 Ma)13 ft in length and 1 tonsDescribed in 1837Location : North America, Africa and EuropeDiet : Herbivore2.Gnathabelodon thorpeiChordata/Mammalia/Proboscida/GomphotheriidaeMiddle/late Miocene (10 Ma)10 ft in lengthDescribed in 1935Location : North AmericaDiet : Herbivore3.Platybelodon danovi (“flat-spear tusk”)Chordata/Mammalia/Proboscida/Gomphotheriidae/AmebelodontiniMiocene (15 - 4 Ma)10 ft in length and 2 tonsDescribed in 1928Location : Africa, North America and EurasiaDiet : Herbivore4.Amebelodon britti (“shovel tusk”)Chordata/Mammalia/Proboscida/Gomphotheriidae/AmebelodontiniMiocene (10 - 6 Ma)10 ft in length and 2 tonsDescribed in 1927Location : North AmericaDiet : Herbivore -- source link