Straight-tusked elephant Eofauna

 Straight-tusked elephant 1:35 - scaled    *Eofauna*

FIG 002 · Scale 1:35

Straight-tusked elephant

Palaeoloxodon antiquus

Specimen basis152-E9 / 175-E23A / 175-E23B

Characterised by very long, relatively straight tusks and extraordinarily developed muscles attached to a distinctive forehead crest. It was arguably the most robust elephant species known and is closely related to the living African forest elephant.

Figure dimensions  12.5 × 24 cm

Genus  Palaeoloxodon

Species   P. antiquus

Shoulder height   400–420 cm

Epoch   Middle–Late Pleistocene

Place   Europe

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