Its scaly skin displays a camouflage pattern between brown and greenish tones

primarily in marine sediments of the Trenton Formation

Height 180mm

made up of robust ribs

Stegotetrabelodon syrticus ancient era Its scaly skin displays aDuring 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