Moeritherium Temporal range: Late Eocene,
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M. trigodon skull cast, at the AMNH. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | †Moeritheriidae C.W. Andrews, 1906 |
Genus: | †Moeritherium C.W. Andrews, 1901 |
Type species | |
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews, 1901
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Moeritherium ("the beast from Lake Moeris") is an extinct genus of basal proboscideans from the Eocene of North and West Africa. It was related to elephants and, more distantly, to sea cows and hyraxes.