The short but robust front legs would have been useful for stabilizing the body during the capture of large prey

Su anatomía estaba diseñada para la caza eficiente de presas en el medio marino

According to this hypothesis

con brazos relativamente pequeños en comparación con el tamaño de su cuerpo

Deinotherium giganteum lived between the middle Miocene and the Pliocene

Moeritherium lyonsi Xiphactinus The short but robust frontMoeritherium lyonsi was a primitive mammal that lived during the Middle Eocene, approximately 37 to 35 million years ago, in what is now North Africa. Considered one of the earliest ancestors of modern elephants, Moeritherium did not look much like them in appearance. Its body was stocky and low, with short, strong legs, adapted to a semi aquatic lifestyle similar to that of modern hippopotamuses. Its size was relatively small compared to modern