Talk:Deinotherium

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13 june 2011: Deleted passage of the article from the "Deinotherium giganteum" section, where it said that in Romania there is a "complete skeleton of Deinotherium giganteus" ("Deinotherium giganteus" doesn't even exist as a species...). There is a complete skeleton of "Deinotherium gigantissimum". I hope that soon enough I will have the time to edit the article and add a section about this species. wicked_lemm

16 feb 2006: Added a cryptozoological section about Deinotherium(Danielos2)

That's cool. Also you should add a citation to the book by Bernard Heuvelmans in the references section M Alan Kazlev 10:05, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I have edited this article to show that Romania's "Grigore Antipa" museum in Bucharest has the only complete skeleton of Deinotherium giganteus in the world RaduFlorianRaduFlorian (talk) 15:54, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Kindly remove the disinformation on themammuthus sungari. It doesn't have to be shown here esp when there is no serious evidence about the same —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.172.24.252 (talk) 12:35, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

There's no reason to assume the flatter cranium indicates a lower intelligence than elephants. An elephant's brain is much smaller than its skull -- a lot of the skull is filled with empty air spaces. The volume ratio of the brain cavity to the body is what might suggest intelligence. -- 97.127.99.92 (talk) 01:26, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I feel its important for viewers to read Deinotherium's size estimation so is it alright if we add it?

If you cite a reliable source, yes. FunkMonk (talk) 20:08, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

In addition to getting a reliable source, the size estimate should not be worded to permit ambiguity i.e., no "10 tonnes and upwards"--Mr Fink (talk) 20:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Extinction data

I've heard (there is a page in a big internet site about fossils) that some examples survived until historic times, is it somewhat true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.11.0.22 (talk) 22:33, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

No.

More important is why it went extinct in the first placeTheDarkMaster2 (talk) 21:19, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Trunk length

Lately, it's becoming increasingly likely that Deinotherium had a long trunk contrary to how it's usually portrayed. This reasoning is because while Deinotherium has a longer neck than an elephant's, it also has longer legs meaning it would have difficulty kneeling down to drink and would instead require a functional trunk to handle the job. Not to mention the shape of the nasal bone suggests a powerful trunk, which wouldn't be likely in a short trunk. Perhaps we should point this out.

Feel free to add, if you can find a reliable source for it. FunkMonk (talk) 04:41, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

How many?

The article says there are three species, but five are listed in the infobox. And what's with the quotation marks on D. "thraceiensis"? 71.235.184.247 (talk) 23:23, 8 March 2019 (UTC)