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DINOTHERIUM [2 records]

Record 1 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A genus (usually. coextensive with the family Deinotheriidae and suborder Deinotherioidea of the order Proboscidea) comprising Miocene and Pliocene mammals of Europe and Asia related to but often larger than the elephants and distinguished by a pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Genre de mammifères fossiles de l'ordre des Proboscidiens animaux à grandes défenses voisins des éléphants, localisés dans le miocène, en Europe et en Asie.

OBS

Pluriel : des dinothériums.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) any of a genus (Dinotherium) of extinct elephantlike animals of the Miocene Epoch with tusks curving downward from the lower jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Mammifère probasidien à défenses fouisseuses (...) On rencontre leurs ossements dans le Miocène de divers pays de l'Ancien Monde (Europe, Asie, Afrique).

Spanish

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