This is known as the Proboscidea Datum Event as, obviously, it’s the point when African proboscidean groups make their first appearance in Eurasia. From Wordnik.com. [Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea] Reference
This is clearly exemplified in the case of the Proboscidea, and many other examples could be quoted. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
I have always thought that their genus name, Proboscidea, is much more appropriate than "devil's claw". From Wordnik.com. [Another Ghost] Reference
Proboscidea: A monograph of the discovery, evolution, migration and extinction of the mastodonts and elephants of the world, by Henry Fairfield Osborn. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Fish farms drive wild salmon populations toward extinction - ExpressNews - University of Alberta] Reference
The temporal and geographical distribution of Morotochoerus and Schizochoerus indicates that peccaries invaded Africa from Asia during or after the Proboscidea Datum Event, with one lineage then leaving Africa later in the Miocene. From Wordnik.com. [Why putting your hand in a peccary’s mouth is a really bad idea] Reference
By selecting seeds of devils claw plants (Proboscidea parviflora) with dark, long fibers, the most desirable characteristics for their craft, Tohono OOdham Native American basket weavers in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico have created several new folk varieties. 40. From Wordnik.com. [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference
The elephants are three species of very large mammals belonging to the family Elephantidae - the only extant family belonging to the order Proboscidea. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The narial aperture is thus pushed up, and is short, with an upward direction, as in the Cetacea and Sirenia, with whom the Proboscidea have certain affinities. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Coyote gourd (Cucurbita digitata) and perennial devil’s claw (Proboscidea althaeifolia) have fleshy roots that remain dormant in dry years. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptations of desert plants] Reference
Proboscidea verging towards. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Ah the Proboscidea. From Wordnik.com. [I don’t know what that was, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Proboscidea. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
OOps, arent Ibicellas, are Proboscidea. From Wordnik.com. [I don’t know what that was, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Perrissodactyla, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Lagomorpha, Tubulidentata, Sirenia and Cetacea. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Africa and biodiversity] Reference
In the writings of older naturalists this animal, so singular in its construction, will be found grouped with the horse, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tapir, coney, and pig, under the name of pachydermata, the seventh order of Cuvier, but these are now more appropriately divided, as I have said before, into three different orders -- Proboscidea, the elephants; Hyracoidea, the conies; and the rest come under Ungulata. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
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