Palaeoloxodon antiquus
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Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commonly known as the straight-tusked elephant, was a large prehistoric elephant that inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Pleistocene epoch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Palaeoloxodon antiquus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15120333 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palaeoloxodon antiquus Context triple: [Elephantidae, notableExtinctSpecies, Palaeoloxodon antiquus]
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Stegodon
Stegodon is an extinct genus of large, elephant-like proboscideans known for their long, nearly straight tusks and distinctive ridged molars, which lived across Asia and parts of Africa from the Miocene to the Pleistocene.
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B.
Arctodus
Arctodus is an extinct genus of large North American short-faced bears that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.
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C.
Bison antiquus
Bison antiquus is an extinct large-bodied Ice Age bison species that roamed North America during the late Pleistocene and is a key ancestor of the modern American bison.
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D.
Galidictis fasciata
Galidictis fasciata, commonly known as the broad-striped vontsira, is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, characterized by its bold dorsal stripes and semi-arboreal habits.
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E.
Mammoth
The Mammoth is an extinct, large, shaggy-haired elephant-like mammal known for its long curved tusks and adaptation to Ice Age environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Palaeoloxodon antiquus Target entity description: Palaeoloxodon antiquus, commonly known as the straight-tusked elephant, was a large prehistoric elephant that inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Pleistocene epoch.
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A.
Stegodon
Stegodon is an extinct genus of large, elephant-like proboscideans known for their long, nearly straight tusks and distinctive ridged molars, which lived across Asia and parts of Africa from the Miocene to the Pleistocene.
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B.
Arctodus
Arctodus is an extinct genus of large North American short-faced bears that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.
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C.
Bison antiquus
Bison antiquus is an extinct large-bodied Ice Age bison species that roamed North America during the late Pleistocene and is a key ancestor of the modern American bison.
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D.
Galidictis fasciata
Galidictis fasciata, commonly known as the broad-striped vontsira, is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, characterized by its bold dorsal stripes and semi-arboreal habits.
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E.
Mammoth
The Mammoth is an extinct, large, shaggy-haired elephant-like mammal known for its long curved tusks and adaptation to Ice Age environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.