Platybelodon

So it could well be that Platybelodon wandered around Miocene Asia, Africa, and North America, scything vegetation like some sort of peasant, only without all the pesky class struggles.
~Matt Simon

For Art Thursday, an "absurd creature": the Platybelodon. Since they are extinct, every drawing of them is an artist's rendering from skeletons that have been found. Much appreciation for paleoartists!



Platybelodon grangeri of Miocene at Inner Mongolia Museum (内蒙古博物院), in Hohhot, China. Found in Tongguer, Sonid Left Banner, Xilingol league
photo by Popolon