Molar and jaw section from a Stegodon Trigonocephalus BONES circa 248 million years old

circa 248 million years old

From Mahajunga

Of the Cretaceous

Diameter 12cm

Small: Width 6cm Height 5cm Depth 0

Molar and jaw section from a Stegodon Trigonocephalus BONES circa 248 million years oldMolar and jaw section from a Stegodon Trigonocephalus. Dating from the Pleistocene, Stegodon were some of the largest trunked animals of the Proboscidea order. First appearing in the fossil record around11 million years ago, the Stegodon is thought to have become extinct in the late Pleistocene. Although the Stegodon is considered to be a sister group of the mammoth as well as the elephant, their teeth are quite distinctively different, with molars