Rhynchotherium
Sign in to saveRhynchotherium is an extinct genus of proboscidea endemic to North America and Central America during the Miocene through Pliocene from 13.650 to 3.6 Ma, living for approximately .
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- Gomphothere
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Rhynchotherium is an extinct genus of proboscidea endemic to North America and Central America during the Miocene through Pliocene from 13.650 to 3.6 Ma, living for approximately .
This gomphothere had two tusks and may have evolved from Gomphotherium.
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