Mammal
Deinotherium
Its fossils appear in some African sites that also preserve ancient human relatives.
Deinotherium’s tusks grew from its lower jaw and curved downward.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Deinotherium at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Neogene / Quaternary
- Group
- Deinotheriidae
- Deinotheriids
- Fossil locations
- Eurasia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Deinotherium
Its tusks grew from the lower jaw and curved downward and backward. Its neck was more flexible and its limbs proportionally slimmer than those of modern elephants.
Its fossils appear in some African sites that also preserve ancient human relatives. This disposition clearly differentiates it from current elephants. The neck and limbs also had different proportions, so it was not simply a modern elephant with rearranged tusks.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Deinotherium
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- Deinotherium
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- Deinotheriidae
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