Stegodon (from the Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō), meaning "to cover", and ὀδούς (odoús), meaning "tooth", named for the distinctive ridges on the animal's molars) is an extinct genus of proboscidean, related to elephants.

Stegodon’s oversized tusks could grow almost as long as its entire body. They could even grow so close together, the animal might have had to lean its trunk sideways. Like modern elephants, Stegodon was probably a capable swimmer, and that may be how it colonized a number of islands throughout Asia from the Philippines to Japan.

2009年2月1日 · The mammalian assemblage from the Surajkund Formation (i.e., Stegodon namadicus, Equus namadicus, Hippopotamus namadicus, Sus namadicus, and Cuon alpinus, suggests a warm climate with intermittent arid phases in the late Middle Pleistocene.

A new species of Stegodon from the alluvial deposits of Narmada valley in Peninsular India. Proc. N/Q Boundary Field Conference, India 1979: 15-20. Other references: Jukar, A. M., Lyons, S. K., Wagner, P. J. and Uhen, M. D. (2020). Late Quaternary extinctions in the Indian Subcontinent.

2021年1月15日 · There is sufficient evidence to recognise up to four genuine global megafaunal species-level extinctions in India during the Late Pleistocene: two proboscideans (Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Stegodon sp.), a hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon sp.), and possibly a …

2025年3月10日 · If you think today's elephants are giant, Palaeoloxodon namadicus would have your jaw on the floor. Although no complete fossils of this species have been uncovered to date, the segments that have been found reveal an absolute behemoth of an animal.

2021年1月15日 · We document four mammalian extinctions—Palaeoloxodon namadicus, Stegodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon sp., and Equus namadicus; the extirpation of ostriches (Struthio camelus); and a pseudo-extinction of Indian aurochs (Bos namadicus). The per-capita extinction rate is comparable to eastern and southern Africa, but much lower than elsewhere.

Stegodon material from the Late Pleistocene of the Narmada Valley has also been described as a third species, S. namadicus Biswas and Dassarma (1981), which is cranially well-diagnosed and ...

2021年2月24日 · The study documents four mammalian extinctions — P. namadicus, S. namadicus, Hexaprotodon sp., and Equus namadicus; the extirpation of ostriches (Struthio camelus); and a pseudo-extinction of Indian aurochs (Bos namadicus).

2020年12月8日 · The researchers document the extinctions of Palaeoloxodon namadicus and Stegodon namadicus, two species of elephant; Hexaprotodon sp., a hippopotamus; and Equus namadicus, a zebra-like horse. They also show the extirpation, or local extinction, of ostriches, which survive elsewhere, and the “pseudo-extinction” of the Indian aurochs — the ...