Deinotherium
Deinotherium ("terrible beast"), also called
the Hoe tusker, was a gigantic prehistoric relative of modern-day elephants that
appeared in the Middle Miocene and continued until the Early Pleistocene. During
that time it changed very little. In life it probably resembled modern
elephants, except that its trunk was shorter, and it had downward curving tusks
attached to the lower jaw.
Deinotherium is the third largest land mammal known to have existed; only
Paraceratherium and Mammuthus sungari were larger, although Mammuthus imperator
may have rivaled it in size. Males were generally between 3.5 and 4.5 meters (12
and 15 feet) tall at the shoulders although large specimens may have been up to
5m (16ft). Their weight is estimated to have been between 5 and 10 tonnes (5.5
and 11 US Standard tons), with the largest males weighing in excess of 14 tonnes
(15.4 US Standard tons). Deinotherium's range covered parts of Asia, Africa, and
Europe. Adrienne Mayor, in The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology In Greek and
Roman Times, has suggested that Deinothere fossils found in Greece helped
generate myths of archaic giant beings. A tooth of a deinothere found on the
island of Crete, in shallow marine sediments of the Miocene suggests that Crete
was closer or connected to the mainland during the Messinian Salinity Crisis.
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Name: Deinotherium
gigantium
Geologic Age: Miocene-Pliocene
Location: Bosnia
Comments: This is an EXTREMELY RARE specimen!
This specimen comes from a mine in Bosnia.. The enamel is solid and
beautiful! There is natural wearing on the cusps. Gorgeous Tooth!
This tooth and the following 2 specimens were found together so it is assumed
that they came from the same animal. The color, wear and patina match on
all three teeth.
Deinotherium
Tooth 1 Price $525.00
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Name: Deinotherium
gigantium
Geologic Age: Miocene-Pliocene
Location: Bosnia
Comments: This is an EXTREMELY RARE specimen!
This specimen comes from a mine in Bosnia.. The enamel is solid and
beautiful! There is natural wearing on the cusps. Gorgeous Tooth!
This tooth and the following 2 specimens were found together so it is assumed
that they came from the same animal. The color, wear and patina match on
all three teeth.
Deinotherium Tooth 2 Price $525.00
(Click on Photo to
Enlarge)
Name: Deinotherium
gigantium
Geologic Age: Miocene-Pliocene
Location: Bosnia
Comments: This is an EXTREMELY RARE specimen!
This specimen comes from a mine in Bosnia.. The enamel is solid and
beautiful! There is natural wearing on the cusps. Gorgeous Tooth!
This tooth and the following 2 specimens were found together so it is assumed
that they came from the same animal. The color, wear and patina match on
all three teeth.
Deinotherium Tooth 3 Price $650.00
