Deinotherium

Deinotherium ("terrible beast" derived from the Ancient Greek δεινός, deinos meaning "terrible" and θηρίον, therion meaning "beast") was a large prehistoric relative of modern-day elephants that appeared in the Middle Miocene and survived until the Early Pleistocene. During that time it changed very little. In life, it probably resembled modern elephants, except it had downward curving tusks attached to the lower jaw.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1829
Category:Prehistoric mammal genera
Category:Pliocene mammals of asia
Category:Miocene mammals of africa
Category:Deinotheriids
Category:Miocene proboscideans
Category:Pliocene proboscideans
Category:Mammals