Tetrabelodon
Sept. 12, 2024
Royal Institution on Twitter: "Speaking of elephants, this drawing of a Tetrabelodon angustidens illustrates in great detail exactly why we will never sleep again, ever. Four tusks + almost 8 tonnes of Reconstructing Stegotetrabelodon syrticus The Tetrabelodon was an ancient elephant which averaged around 10 ft tall and weighed in at about 7 tonnes. They had four tusks, of which the lower two were believed to be File:Tetrabelodon angustidens skull.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Gomphotherium (Tetrabelodon), third stage evolution of the elephant, Miocene, Egypt. Illustration by H.R. Knipe from H. N. Hutchinson\ Working in Abu Dhabi, conserving the largest fossil specimen ever to have been found in the United Arab Emirates | Tetrabelodon