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Phosphatherium

Phosphatherium escuilliei, named by Gheerbrant, Sudre and Cappetta in 1996, is a basal proboscidean that lived in Africa during the Early Eocene, about 56-55 Ma. It is one of the earliest known proboscideans, together with Eritherium azzouzorum from the Selandian (about 60 Ma). It was found in phosphorites beds from the base of the Ypresian stage of the…

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related to Discovery · 21
Phosphatherium → Daouitherium, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Eritherium, François Escuillié, Further, Grand Daoui, Greek, Histoire Naturelle, However, It, M2, MNHN PM2, Muséum National, Other, Ouled Abdoun Basin, P3, Paleocene, Paris, Thanetian, The
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Phosphatherium → Afrique, Bassin, Bibcode, Bignot, Cappetta, Emmanuel, Geobios, Gheerbrant, Gérard, Henri, January, Jean, Mammalia, Maroc, Ouled Abdoun, S0016-6995, Sudre, Thanétien
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Phosphatherium → Below, Both, It, Like, Moeritherium, Morocco, Numidotheriidae, Numidotherium, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Paleocene, Proboscidea, Tabuce, Thanetian
related to Palaeobiology · 7
Phosphatherium → Adult, African, Considering, Correspondingly, Overall, The, Through
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Phosphatherium → Adult, Elephantiformes, However, I1, Other, The

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known escuilliei first two proboscideans found gheerbrant molars jaw early ouled abdoun basin species sudre cappetta 1996 skull crests tooth

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elephantiformsinstance offirst step in the development of a third loph found in later proboscideans0.80text
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Phosphatheriumrelated to DiscoveryPaleocene0.60section
Phosphatheriumrelated to DiscoveryThanetian0.60section
Phosphatheriumrelated to DiscoveryMNHN PM20.60section
Phosphatheriumrelated to DiscoveryP30.60section

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