Cuvieronius hyodon Variant:Hand-painted where it probably hunted fish

where it probably hunted fish and other marine organisms

swampy environments dominated by dense networks of rivers and deltas

needle-like teeth that could have measured more than 30 centimeters

leading scientists to interpret the animal as a marine herbivore

una adaptación para soportar su gran masa y moverse por terrenos blandos

Cuvieronius hyodon Variant:Hand-painted where it probably hunted fishCuvieronius hyodon is an extinct species of proboscidean mammal belonging to the family Gomphotheriidae, which inhabited America during the Pleistocene, with a distribution ranging from southern North America to wide areas of Central and South America. It is one of the most representative gomphotheres of the continent, both for its geographic dispersion and its ecological versatility. From a morphological point of view, Cuvieronius hyodon had a