Gomphothere Teeth
This is a pair of gomphothere (elephant) teeth from the Late Miocene - Early Pliocene Palmetto Fauna. They were recovered from a phosphate mine.
The Taxonomy from Hulbert (2001) is:
Parvorder PROBOSCIDEA . . . . .
. . . . . Superfamily ELEPHANTOIDEA
. . . . . . . . Family GOMPHOTHERIIDAE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subfamily GOMPHOTHERIINAE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tribe GOMPHOTHERIINI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gomphotherium simplicidens (Osborn, 1923)
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© Harry Pristis 2009
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