Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted Altura 13 mm

Altura 13 mm

y representa uno de los géneros más conocidos del grupo de los paquicefalosáuridos

Su dieta consistía principalmente en peces grandes

donde dedicaba gran parte de su tiempo a la caza de peces

Stegotetrabelodon syrticus Variant:Hand painted Altura 13 mmDuring the late Miocene and early Pliocene, African ecosystems underwent significant ecological and faunal transitions, most notably the diversification of proboscideans, a group that includes modern elephants and their extinct ancestors. In this paleobiological context, Stegotetrabelodon syrticus represents an important transitional taxon within elephantine evolution, displaying a combination of primitive and derived morphological characters that