#267 Elephantine Concerns
Posted on January 24, 2014 by Nathan
By the way, in checking while mammoths were indeed a genus, I found out some surprising facts. We often think of mammoths and mastodons as close relatives, much as African and Asian elephants are.  Instead, I found the following cladogram on Wikipedia: 2014-01-24 05_59_49-Mammoth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stegodons and gomphotheria, by the way, are other extinct probiscideans:
Stegodon
Stegodon
Gomphotherium
Gomphotherium
Isn't that interesting? The more you know...

One thought on “#267 Elephantine Concerns”

  1. DED

    Mmmmmm palaeontology.

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