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“More shovel-tusked elephant remains have surfaced at the Gray Fossil Site seven years after scientists first identified portions of the fossilized behemoth in the early days of the site�s discovery.” - Times News

“Greek palaeontologists have discovered the tusks and fossilized remains of a 3-million-year-old mastodon, or extinct elephant, in northern Greece, reports said Tuesday.” - Monsters and Critics

“An important new site for fossil bones of ancient elephants has been discovered near Bida AI Mutawa, in Abu Dhabi’s western region, by a team from the Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS).” - Khaleej Times Online

“Fossils recovered from the Ethiopian highlands are helping scientists fill in long-lost branches on the family tree of modern-day elephants. According to a report published today in the journal Nature, five kinds of proboscidean (the group that includes elephants and their extinct relatives) were recovered, as well as three other types of prehistoric creatures.” - Scientific American

“The find included several types of proboscideans, distant relatives of elephants, and fossils from the arsinoithere, a rhinoceros-like creature that had two huge bony horns on its snout and was about 7 feet high at the shoulder.” - Planet Ark