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12-17-2015, 08:59 PM( This post was last modified: 12-17-2015, 09:07 PM by GuateGojira )
Wow, this is amazing. Those comparison images are the one I love, see the size of those magnificent ancient giants.
The Palaeoloxodon namadicus seems to be the new true giant, but like the giant dinosaurs, they are known only from few bones. At least, in this case, we have modern elephants and complete-semi complete mammoths and mastodons that can help us to get an accurate idea about how these giants were.
I have other document from Dr Christiansen (2004) about the body mass of the Proboscidean (attached document), so we can compare the results.
By the way, check this relative old table (source included) about the estimated shoulder height of some of those large animals: