page_title: Stegodon
hierarchical_section_title: Stegodon
caption_attribution_description: English: Stegodon trigonocephalus molar Stage&#160;: 2.5 million years ago Lower Pleistocene (Gélasian) Locality&#160;:Sangiran site on the island of Java in Indonesia Size&#160;: 27x1.5x9 cm Español: Molar de un Stegodon trigonocephalus. Antiguedad: 2.5 millones de años del Pleistoceno (Gelasiano). Ubicación: Sangiran- en la isla de Java, Indonesia. Tamaño: 27x1.5x9 cm Français&#160;: Stegodon trigonocephalus molaire. Etage&#160;: 2.5 millions d’années Pléistocène inférieur (Gélasien) Localité&#160;: Sangiran – Ile de Java - Indonésie Taille&#160;: 27x1,5x9 cm
context_page_description: Stegodon is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. Stegodonts were present from 11.6 million years ago to the late Pleistocene. There are unconfirmed records of regional survival until 4,100 years ago. Fossils are found in Asian and African strata dating from the late Miocene. They lived in large parts of Asia, East and Central Africa and North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
  Some Stegodon species were among the largest of all elephants. Some adults were 13 feet high at the shoulder and 26 feet long, not including 10 feet long nearly straight tusks. Some were much smaller due to island dwarfism.
  The teeth of Stegodon show that it was mainly a browser.
context_section_description: Stegodon is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. Stegodonts were present from 11.6 million years ago (mya) to the late Pleistocene. There are unconfirmed records of regional survival until 4,100 years ago. Fossils are found in Asian and African strata dating from the late Miocene. They lived in large parts of Asia,  East and Central Africa and North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. 
  Some Stegodon species were among the largest of all elephants. Some adults were 13 feet (4 m) high at the shoulder and 26 feet (8 m) long, not including 10 feet (3m) long nearly straight tusks. Some were much smaller due to island dwarfism.
  The teeth of Stegodon show that it was mainly a browser.
caption: Molar tooth of Stegodon
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