These were Siwalik elephants. Crazy to believe these giants were found in India thousands of years ago.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Sorry to be technical, yet you mean Stegodon elephants. Siwalik is the region.
http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/stegodon-the-elephant-with-sideways-trunk/
[quote]...Elephants present a long history of existence in the Siwalik region. Their fossil records from 16 million to 1 million years ago are profuse (over 20 types of elephants) and are morphologically diverse and phylogenetically progressive. These attained maximum anatomical development around 2.5 to 1.5 million years ago in the Siwalik hills. An extinct elephant named Stegodon had tusks over 3 m in length. The elephant group faced nearly complete annihilation due to the impact of Himalayan orogeny and augmented glacial conditions about 1.5 million years ago...[/quote]
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http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/stegodon-the-elephant-with-sideways-trunk/
[quote]...Elephants present a long history of existence in the Siwalik region. Their fossil records from 16 million to 1 million years ago are profuse (over 20 types of elephants) and are morphologically diverse and phylogenetically progressive. These attained maximum anatomical development around 2.5 to 1.5 million years ago in the Siwalik hills. An extinct elephant named Stegodon had tusks over 3 m in length. The elephant group faced nearly complete annihilation due to the impact of Himalayan orogeny and augmented glacial conditions about 1.5 million years ago...[/quote]
Here's another picture.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@vvsrocks13 I came across that as well. 😊
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@vvsrocks13 and I saw your other post, which is why I thought to mention that correction. 😁
http://www.himandus.net/elefunteria/library/science+nature/ivory.html
mysteriouslion · 31-35, M
Amazing creature