[DOC] [TLE] List 17 Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] elephant. ANIMAL ANCESTORS $800: Moeritherium, with an elongated snout & 
front teeth, was the ancestor of this present-day animal. [DOC] [TLE] Evolution : Order elephants : Subclass Placental mammals [PAR] The earliest known ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved about 65 million 
years ago in ... animals were from pig- to cow-sized, with an elongated snout but 
no trunk. They sported two pairs of slightly elongated front teethindicators of 
what would ... Three groups of elephant-like animals descended from 
Moeritherium:... [DOC] [TLE] exZOOberance - Elephant [PAR] Aug 1, 2015 ... The earliest known ancestors of modern-day elephants evolved about 65 million 
... animals were from pig- to cow-sized, with an elongated snout but no trunk. 
They sported two pairs of slightly elongated front teethindicators of what ... 
Three groups of elephant-like animals descended from Moeritherium:... [DOC] [TLE] Proboscidea - Encyclopedia - Theodora [PAR] PROBOSCIDEA (animals "with a proboscis"), the scientific name of the group of 
mammals represented at the present day only by the two species of elephant. ... 
The teeth consist of a pair of large upper permanently growing incisors or tusks; 
... it is necessary to discuss to some extent those of the immediate ancestors of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Scientific Classification of Elephants - Sea World [PAR] However, modern day elephants represent only one of many proboscid ... 
Elephant ancestry spans over 55 million years and includes more than 300 
proboscidean species. ... The earliest member of the Order Proboscidea was 
Moeritherium. ... indicates they had an elongated snout, similar to a tapir's, and 
thick upper lip. [DOC] [TLE] Elephant - Wikipedia [PAR] Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order 
Proboscidea. ... Male African elephants are the largest extant terrestrial animals 
and can reach a .... of the Horn of Africa, which may have been an ancestor to 
several later species. .... The trunk is elongated and specialised to become the 
elephant's most... [DOC] [TLE] Proboscidea (Elephants) - Dictionary definition of Proboscidea ... [PAR] The largest living land animals, entirely herbivorous, characterized by the 
presence of a proboscis (trunk) and greatly elongated incisor teeth (tusks) ... 
aquatic plants, rather like a small modern day hippopotamus, which it resembled 
in build. .... The mammoth was an elephant, and not the ancestor of living 
elephants but their... [DOC] [TLE] Science Olympiad Placental Mammals [PAR] Mesonychids are believed to be close relatives of modern day whales. ... 
Hyaenodon possessed a long skull equipped with bone crushing teeth and a 
small brain case. ... Pyrotherium means fire animal and refers to the fact that the 
first specimens were ... Moeritherium (family Moertheriidae), from the late Eocene 
and Early... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "A guide to the elephants (recent and fossil) exhibited in ... [PAR] At the present day the different main sub-divisions of the Mammalia are, as a rule, 
.... The front teeth implanted in the anterior part of the jaw are * Casts of .... of a 
long snout supported by the elongated lower jaw, afterwards as the familiar .... 
Skull and lower jaw of Moeritherium from the Upper Eocene of the Fay urn, Egypt. [DOC] [TLE] WHAT THE F@#K IS PROBOSCIDEA!!!??? - The Thinking Atheist [PAR] This trunk is used to eat, grab items, and in modern elephants, used to obtain 
water. ... The animals classified in this clade are Hyracoidea, Proboscidea, .... Its 
front teeth were used for crushing food, while its molars where used for shearing. 
.... This animal is said to be the ancestor of the genus Platybelodon... [DOC] [TLE] Uncategorized | Fins to Feet | Page 3 [PAR] Sep 5, 2011 ... The pineal organ is actually visible in some modern animals, including certain 
amphibians. .... and the elephant with his foot and with his nose throweth down 
the ... Moeritherium is probably not a direct ancestor of the Elephantidae ... was 
abandoned for a system where older worn out teeth in the front of the... [DOC] [TLE] The cryptid

Question: Moeritherium, with an elongated snout & front teeth, was the ancestor of this present-day animal
Answer: Elephant