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Prehistoric Elephant Herd Illustration courtesy Mauricio Antón A lone bull walks away from a Stegotretrabelodon herd in an illustration based on new analyses of seven-million-year-old footprints. Stegotretabelodon is a primitive elephant that was roughly the same size as a modern-day African elephant—although Stegotretabelodon males had two sets of tusks (as seen above). Fossil evidence shows that the giant beasts were once widespread in the Arabian Peninsula, including the present-day United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the tracks were found. (Also see “Huge New Dinosaur Trackway Found in U.S.”) Read More

Prehistoric Elephant Herd

Illustration courtesy Mauricio Antón

A lone bull walks away from a Stegotretrabelodon herd in an illustration based on new analyses of seven-million-year-old footprints.

Stegotretabelodon is a primitive elephant that was roughly the same size as a modern-day African elephant—although Stegotretabelodon males had two sets of tusks (as seen above).

Fossil evidence shows that the giant beasts were once widespread in the Arabian Peninsula, including the present-day United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the tracks were found. (Also see “Huge New Dinosaur Trackway Found in U.S.”)

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