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Description: G. productum DMNH 1261 (left) age 35 femur 1022 sex male humerus 772* size group – pelvis 1465 251 cm • 4.6 t G. steinheimense Mühldorf (right) sex male age 37 size group – femur 1230 pelvis 1550 humerus 1010 317 cm • 6.7 t All the skeletal restorations are presented on the same scale (1/100). The human figure is 180 cm tall. Mass estimates are in kilograms for small proboscideans and in tonnes for the larger forms. Shoulder heights are in cm. The age (years), sex, size group, femur and humerus greatest length (mm) (in the case of * it refers to the humerus articular length in mm) and pelvis breadth (mm) are included.
Title: Gomphotherium skeletals
Credit: http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app60/app001362014_acc.pdf
Author: Asier Larramendi
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