fossa. The crown process was oriented slightly inwards. The number of teeth in the set of teeth was slightly reduced compared to older proboscideans. The second incisor in the upper jaw (I2) was significantly enlarged with a length of 4.5 cm and was conical in shape. Furthermore, it possessed only a thin layer of enamel. In the lower jaw, the first incisor, protruding obliquely forward (procumbent), was enlarged by 3.5 cm - the first examinations here looked at the second incisor as the enlarged one. These enlargements represent the preliminary stages of tusk formation in later proboscideans. There was a large diastema to each of the rear teeth, which could be up to 9.5 cm long. The premolars were characterized by a simple construction with a single raised enamel cusp. The molars, on the other hand, had two transversely positioned enamel ridges (bilophodont) and were reminiscent of those of tapirs. The entire posterior dentition can be described as a low crown (brachydont). The previously known postcranial skeleton comprises individual vertebrae, especially the first and second cervical vertebrae (atlas and axis), which differ only slightly from those of other proboscideans. The humerus reached a length of 30 cm and was robustly designed. The bones of the forearm, ulna and radius reached about the same length and were fused at the lower end. The upper joint end of the ulna (olecranon) was relatively short and oriented backwards. The thigh bone measured 40.5 cm. The latter was clearly narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly, but had a very broad upper joint end and a third trochanter. The shin was significantly shorter at 26 cm. The forefoot and hindfoot had the "taxeopodous" arrangement of the root bones typical of proboscideans. That is, the individual bones of the palm and tarsal lay in rows one behind the other and not reciprocally to one another. As a result, there was no contact between the lunate bone and the hamate on the forefoot. The special arrangement of the carpal bones suggests that an os centrale was formed between the lunate, the hamate and the trapezoid bone, which should be understood as a novel feature of the Proboscidea.<ref name="court1994"/<ref>Court, N; 1994 "Limb posture and gait in Numidotherium koholense, a primitive proboscidean from the Eocene of Algeria." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 111: 297-338.</ref><ref name="sandersetal2010"/ Discovery Numidotherium finds come exclusively from North Africa. The first specimens were discovered in El