with several specimens providing important details about its complete skeleton

Height 265 mm

its discovery has provided valuable information about the ancestors of the more well-known and ornate ceratopsians

such as the expansion of savannas during the Miocene

Moeritherium lyonsi Xiphactinus with several specimens providing importantMoeritherium lyonsi was a primitive mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene, approximately 37 to 35 million years ago, in what is now North Africa. Considered one of the earliest ancestors of modern elephants, Moeritherium did not look much like them in appearance. Its body was stocky and low, with short, strong legs, adapted to a semi aquatic lifestyle similar to that of modern hippopotamuses. Its size was relatively small compared to modern