Paratetralophodon
| Paratetralophodon Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | †Gomphotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Paratetralophodon |
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Paratetralophodon is an extinct genus of gomphothere. Paratetralophodon may be an ancestor of Tetralophodon. The elephant-like animal lived through the Miocene and Pliocene epochs. It had four tusks and a trunk.
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