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Image: Moeritherium lyonsi (fossil mammal) (Eocene) (32167459460)

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Description: Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews, 1901 - fossil mammal skull (cast). (public display, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA) Moeritherium is a very early elephant (= proboscidean mammal). From museum signage: "Complete skulls of Moeritherium are rarely found. To understand what these animals looked like, scientists create composites, or combinations of skull parts from different individuals. This cast is a composite of a cranium and jaw from two different Moeritherium specimens." Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Proboscidea, Moeritheriidae See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeritherium" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeritherium</a>
Title: Moeritherium lyonsi (fossil mammal) (Eocene) (32167459460)
Credit: Moeritherium lyonsi (fossil mammal) (Eocene)
Author: James St. John
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