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Archidiskidon

Archidiskidon

9.9
A group of elephant-like animals that lived long ago and are known from fossils
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The extinct genus Archidiskidon once roamed parts of Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch.

Examples

  • Fossils of Archidiskidon have provided valuable insight into the evolution of elephants.

  • Paleontologists continue to debate the classification of Archidiskidon within the elephant family tree.

  • The Archidiskidon fossils were discovered in North America.

  • Did you know that Archidiskidon lived during the Pleistocene?

  • Fossils of Archidiskidon have provided valuable insight into the evolution of elephants.

  • Paleontologists continue to debate the classification of Archidiskidon within the elephant family tree.

  • The extinct genus Archidiskidon once roamed parts of Eurasia during the Pleistocene epoch.

Compounds

Archidiskidon imperator
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large elephant-like animal that lived in North America during the Ice Age and is now extinct

Surface Forms

Archidiskidon singular
Archidiskidons plural

Etymology

The word Archidiskidon can be remembered in three parts: archi- meaning 'chief' or 'large', disk meaning 'disk' or 'plate', and -don as in mastodon meaning 'tooth'. So the name suggests a 'large disk tooth', which fits these elephant-like fossils because they are known for big flat back teeth, and that is why the name was used for this extinct mammal.