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Hoe Tusker (Deinotherium giganteum)

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1:48 scaled Sculpture

It was an enormous sized proto-elephant. Its unique characteristics short trunk and downward curving tusks attached to the lower jaw, makes this animal different among all proboscidea.

Sculpture based on the famous skull found Eppelsheim and in the partial skeleton Nr. 1935I 23 found in Munich.

Genus: Deinotherium
Species: D.giganteum
Shoulder height: 350 – 390 cm
Period: Upper Miocene
Place: Europe

More images here: [link]

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Proto-elefante de enorme tamaño, poseía unas características muy singulares como la trompa corta y grandes colmillos curvados hacia abajo en la mandíbula inferior, esto hace único a este proboscideo.

Escultura basada en el Famoso cráneo encontrado en Eppelsheim y en esqueleto parcial Nr. 1935I 23 hallado en Munich.

Género: Deinotherium
Especie: D.giganteum
Altura hombros: 350 – 390 cm
Época: Upper Miocene
Lugar: Europe

Más imágenes aquí: [link]

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Sculptor:: Shu-yu Hsu
Painter: Feng Shan Lu
Scientific adviser: Asier Larramendi
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Any insight you could share about the shoulder height of the biggest specimens? I know of a 152cm femur that results in a ~3.6m skeletal shoulder height based on the D. bavaricum skeleton and I'm aware of Osborn figuring it at 3.9m max but are there 4m+ specimens? I know you probably can't share much due to your upcoming paper but anything, even a yes or no will be good enough haha.