Deinotherium bozasi

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Deinotherium bozasi (Arambourg, 1934)
Mammalia
Afrotheria
Paenungulata
Proboscidea
Deinotheriidae

Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene
Africa

Height: 5 m at the shoulder

Up until around a million years ago, our ancestors in Africa walked in the shadows of one of the largest land mammals of all time.

Sunday, September 6th, 2015