Moeritherium

Moeritherium Temporal range: Late Eocene, 37–35 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
M. trigodon skull cast, at the AMNH.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	†Moeritheriidae C.W. Andrews, 1906
Genus:	†Moeritherium C.W. Andrews, 1901
Type species
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews, 1901
Species
†M. gracile C.W. Andrews, 1902 †M. trigodon C.W. Andrews, 1904 †M. andrewsi Schlosser, 1911 †M. chehbeurameuri Delmer et al., 2006

Moeritherium ("the beast from Lake Moeris") is an extinct genus of basal proboscideans from the Eocene of North and West Africa. It was related to elephants and, more distantly, to sea cows and hyraxes.