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Stegodon
Temporal range: MiocenePleistocene
11.6–01 mya
Stegodon hunghoensis.JPG
Stegodon skeleton at the Gansu Provincial Museum.
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Stegodontidae
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Stegodontinae
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Stegodon
Stegodon skeleton showing size to a man

Stegodon is a genus of extinct elephant. They lived from the late Miocene to the late Pleistocene.

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. A few were much smaller, living on islandsview more...