Gomphotheres were among the most diverse proboscideans and spread to nearly every continent during their 20-million-year reign. (Merald Clark/ Florida Museum )
Several postings about the discovery of several predecessors of elephants being discovered just South of Alabama---in Levy County Florida, not far from Gainsville.
HERE's on website to get you started on your online journey to study the elephant like creatures that roamed North America, at least in theory including current-day Alabama, some six million years ago:
Gomphotheres can be coarsely identified by their tusks, which have unique shapes, orientations and banding patterns that differ by group. (Illustrations by Pedro Toledo/ Florida Museum )
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