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Hancock's ancient proboscidian had probably lumbered into , a prehistoric mire, got stuck there and died on his feet, his head reaching up to the level where the jawbone was uncovered ages later.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this immense proboscidian, whose skull was three feet long, the upper pair of tusks had disappeared, and those of the lower jaw were bent down with a backward curve in walrus fashion.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

The hair verged on a fiery red, the nose was a real sky-scraper and the upper lip was almost proboscidian in its length.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester