The oldest evidence of a creature with tusks dates back more than 200 million years ago before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The earliest known tusks were found on animals called dicynodonts that were around prior to modern mammals between 270 and 201 million years ago. They could be as small as a rat or. Read more ยป
Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest the earliest tusks were sported by weird-looking creatures called dicynodonts.
Researchers trace the first mammals to have evolved tusks as the dicynodonts. One of the most prevalent mammalian species before the age of the dinosaurs proving the true definition of tusks vs enlarged teeth.