Palaeoloxodon naumanni
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palaeoloxodon-naumanni-204-6336130
title:
Palaeoloxodon naumanni
text:
Palaeoloxodon naumanni is an extinct species of elephant belonging to the genus Palaeoloxodon that was native to the Japanese archipelago during the Middle to Late Pleistocene around 330,000 to 24,000 years ago. It is named after the German geologist Heinrich Edmund Naumann who first described remains of the species in the 19th century, with the species sometimes being called Naumann's elephant. Fossils attributed to P. naumanni are also known from China, though the status of these specimens is
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct species of elephant native to Japan
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_naumanni
date created:
2009-11-09T11:14:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:48:58Z
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image:
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13
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