Gomphotheriidae is a diverse taxonomic family of extinct elephant-like animals, called gomphotheres. They were widespread in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, 12-1.6 million years ago. Some lived in parts of Eurasia, Beringia and, following the Great American Interchange, South America. From about 5 million years ago onwards, they were slowly replaced by modern elephants, but the last South American species did not finally become extinct until possibly as recently as 400 CE.

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  • Gomphotheriidae is a diverse taxonomic family of extinct elephant-like animals, called gomphotheres. They were widespread in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, 12-1.6 million years ago. Some lived in parts of Eurasia, Beringia and, following the Great American Interchange, South America. From about 5 million years ago onwards, they were slowly replaced by modern elephants, but the last South American species did not finally become extinct until possibly as recently as 400 CE. Gomphotheres also survived in Mexico and Central America until the end of the Pleistocene. Gomphothere remains are common at South American Paleo-indian sites. One example is the early human settlement at Monte Verde, Chile, dating to approximately 14,000 years ago. Gomphotheres differed from elephants in their tooth structure, particularly the chewing surfaces on the molar teeth. Most had four tusks, and their retracted facial and nasal bones prompt paleontologists to believe that gomphotheres had elephant-like trunks. The early gomphotheres, such as Phiomia, had elongated upper and lower jaws, with relatively short tusks. Two lineages appear to have arisen from these ancestors. One, including animals such as Anancus, developed the short lower jaw typical of modern elephants, while the others, including Platybelodon, developed the lower jaw into an elongated 'shovel', and shortened the upper jaw.
  • De Gomphotheriidae is een groep van uitgestorven olifantachtigen, die nauw verwant waren aan de mastodonten. Soms worden de gomphotheriën ook wel als mastodonten aangeduid. Ongeveer 10.000-12.000 jaar geleden stierven de gomphotheriën uit, samen met veel andere grote zoogdieren.
  • Гомфотерии — вымершие хоботные, распространённые в Северной Америке в миоцене и плиоцене, около 12-1,6 миллионов лет назад. Некоторые виды жили в Евразии и в Берингии.
  • 嵌齒象科（Gomphotheriidae）是長鼻目中已經滅絕的一個科，曾經廣泛的分布在北美洲，也有一些種類分布在歐亞大陸，生存於中新世至上新世。 嵌齒象類與象科的牙齒構造的相當不同，特別是上顎臼齒的咀嚼面。大部分的嵌齒象類擁有4支象牙，而且擁有後縮的臉與鼻骨，所以古生物學家認為嵌齒象類擁有類似現代象的鼻子。 嵌齒象科的分類系統還不是很明確，所以有幾個屬有可能是並系群。Gnathabelodon這個屬通常被分類在Gnathabelodontidae這個科裡面；而Archaeobelodon、Protanancus、Amebelodon、Platybelodon與Serbelodon這幾個屬有時會被分類到Amebelodontidae這個科。
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  • †Gomphotheriidae
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  • (Hay, 1922) A. Cabrera 1929
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  • ''Platybelodon'' skeleton in a Hubei, China, museum
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  • Gomphotheres
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  • Gomphotheriidae is a diverse taxonomic family of extinct elephant-like animals, called gomphotheres. They were widespread in North America during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, 12-1.6 million years ago. Some lived in parts of Eurasia, Beringia and, following the Great American Interchange, South America. From about 5 million years ago onwards, they were slowly replaced by modern elephants, but the last South American species did not finally become extinct until possibly as recently as 400 CE.
  • De Gomphotheriidae is een groep van uitgestorven olifantachtigen, die nauw verwant waren aan de mastodonten. Soms worden de gomphotheriën ook wel als mastodonten aangeduid. Ongeveer 10.000-12.000 jaar geleden stierven de gomphotheriën uit, samen met veel andere grote zoogdieren.
  • Гомфотерии — вымершие хоботные, распространённые в Северной Америке в миоцене и плиоцене, около 12-1,6 миллионов лет назад. Некоторые виды жили в Евразии и в Берингии.
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  • Gomphothere
  • Gomphotheriidae
  • Гомфотерии
  • 嵌齒象科
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  • Gomphotheres
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