Platybelodon prehistoric proboscids. Computer illustration of a male and female Platybelodon sp. prehistoric proboscid mammals following a stream 9 mi

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Platybelodon prehistoric proboscids. Computer illustration of a male and female Platybelodon sp. prehistoric proboscid mammals following a stream 9 million years ago in what is now North America. These early relatives of the elephant lived during the Miocene Epoch (around 15-4 million years ago) and ranged over Africa, Europa, Asia and North America. In the foreground are four Himantopus sp. stilts (birds) foraging for insects.

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Photo credit: © WALTER MYERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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