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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...

included Numidotherium, Moeritherium and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were probably...

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...

shrew Hispaniolan solenodon Echidna Elephant seal Leptictidium (extinct) Moeritherium (extinct) Numbat Proboscis monkey Saiga antelope Members of the tapir...

branch of proboscideans, although more derived than Barytherium and Moeritherium. All deinotheres were large animals that evolved to be even larger, and...

†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...

included Numidotherium, Moeritherium, and Barytherium from Africa. These animals were relatively small and, some, like Moeritherium and Barytherium were...

species of sea snakes Melampodium gracile, a flowering plant species Moeritherium gracile, an Eocene mammal species The same root appears in the names...

2012. Lake Moeris lends its name to the extinct proboscidean mammal Moeritherium, a distant relative of modern elephants first described from the nearby...

ecological niche to the modern hippopotamus and the related early proboscid Moeritherium, feeding on soft, aquatic plants in marshy environments. The Numidotheriidae...

doi:10.4202/app.00136.2014. Osborn, H. F. (1909). "The Feeding Habits of Mœritherium and Palæomastodon". Nature. 81 (2074): 139–140. Bibcode:1909Natur..81...

Paleocene-Holocene Top: African elephant, Caribbean manatee; middle: Moeritherium, woolly mammoth; bottom: Paleoparadoxia, Arsinoitherium Scientific classification...

other primitive proboscideans (including Phosphatherium, Numidotherium, Moeritherium and Daouitherium) which together form one of the most complete evolutionary...

Saloumia Moeritherium...

semi-aquatic way of life, as proven in the closely related Barytherium and in Moeritherium. The fused bones of the forearm support this view, but the plantigrade...

†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...

†Arcanotherium †Daouitherium †Eritherium †Khamsaconus? †Moeritherium †Numidotherium †Phosphatherium †Saloumia †Barytheriidae Barytherium Omanitherium †Deinotheriidae...

scale, in which the brain of M. americanum was much larger than that of Moeritherium lyonsi but smaller than that of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)...

(12 in) and body mass of 17 kilograms (37 lb). Like its later relative, Moeritherium, the animal was probably an amphibious browser that fed on aquatic plants...

seagrasses and other marine plants. Bones of the primitive elephant Moeritherium have also been recorded. Fossil reptiles are represented by fossils of...