IMPERIAL ELEPHANTS almost inconceivably massive roamed 

 the coastal plains in past ages. Many were trapped, and left 

 their bones in tarry depths of the asphaltum springs. Above is 

 a model of one of the giants, Archidiskodon imperator, created 

 by Charles R. Knight from data in the Hancock Collections. The 

 largest males of the species possessed tusks sixteen feet 

 length and eight inches in diameter at the base. 



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