Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted in a prehistoric landscape covered

in a prehistoric landscape covered in ferns and conifers

Its hind legs were longer than its front legs

a carnivorous synapsid that inhabited the regions that now constitute the southwestern United States

fossil remains have been found in many places in Europe and Asia

Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted in a prehistoric landscape coveredDuring the late Miocene and early Pliocene, African ecosystems underwent significant ecological and faunal transitions, most notably the diversification of proboscideans, a group that includes modern elephants and their extinct ancestors. In this paleobiological context, Stegotetrabelodon syrticus represents an important transitional taxon within elephantine evolution, displaying a combination of primitive and derived morphological characters that