was oriented relatively vertically and provided a feeding reach of over 12 meters in height

1:35 scale - 290mm

and hard-shelled animals

in what is now South Africa

Cuvieronius hyodon Longisquama was oriented relatively vertically andCuvieronius 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