Platybelodon

Fossil platybelodon skeleton at the Rock and Bonsai Museum, Whuhan, Hubei Province, China

This large herbivore mammal, related to elephants (order Proboscidea) lived during the miocene epoch, about 15,000,000 years ago. It fed in swampy portions of grassy savannas, using its joined lower tusks to excavate vegetation for food. It is very similar to the amebelodon

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