Proboscidea (/ ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə /; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family …

proboscidean, (order Proboscidea), any of the group of mammals that includes elephants and their extinct relatives such as mammoths and mastodons. Although only three species of …

Proboscidea elephants By Phil Myers Elephants are the survivors of a radiation of giant herbivores that once were diverse and widely distributed, including as many as seven families …

In this study, we present almost 3,000 base pairs of mitochondrial ancient DNA (aDNA) obtained from a specimen of N. platensis from Uruguay (Figure 1) and reconstruct a molecular …

Mar 24, 2025 · The mammal order Proboscidea was described by C. Illigeer in 1881 and was named according to its most noteworthy characteristic, the trunk (Latin proboscis), although …

Dec 1, 1998 · Data from more than 55 million years of evolution help to interpret how the integration of primitive and derived characters was essential to proboscidean success. Only …

Jul 1, 2021 · In this study, we comprehensively re-examine the rich fossil record of proboscideans in its entirety and investigate the interactions between proboscidean diversification and the …

Proboscidea (meaning "trunked beast") is an order containing only one familiy of living animals, Elephantidae, the elephants, with three living species (African forest elephant, African bush …

The living elephant species are contained within a single family, the Elephantidae, and are the sole remaining representatives of the mammalian order Proboscidea. The name Proboscidea …

Mar 21, 2020 · Proboscidea originated approximately 60 million years ago, during the late Paleocene Epoch; however, only the three extant species remained by the end of the …