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A mastodon (mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for 'mammoth'), which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene.
The Manis Mastodon site is a 2-acre (1 ha) archaeological site on the Olympic Peninsula near Sequim, Washington, United States, discovered in 1977.During the 1977-78 [2] excavation, the remains of an American mastodon were recovered with a 13,800-year-old projectile point [3] made of the bone from a different mastodon embedded in its rib.
The Cerutti Mastodon site is a paleontological and possible archeological site in San Diego County, California. In 2017, broken mastodon bones at the site were dated to around 130,700 years ago. The bones were found with cobblestones displaying use-wear and impact marks among the
Archeologists in Iowa believe they have unearthed an ancient mastodon skull dating back to when the first humans were roaming the Earth.. Discovered in the southern part of the state, the find is ...
The fossilized remains of three mastodons from the Ice Age have been uncovered in the Peruvian Andes, raising questions as to how the behemoths arrived in the area. Excavations starting in 2019 ...
It marked the first-ever well-preserved mastodon skull excavated in Iowa, state officials said. 13,600-year-old mastodon skull found in Iowa creek Skip to main content
Mammutidae is an extinct family of proboscideans belonging to Elephantimorpha.It is best known for the mastodons (genus Mammut), which inhabited North America from the Late Miocene until their extinction at beginning of the Holocene, around 11,000 years ago.
Mastodons are on exhibit at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, one of the most significant locations in the world for fossils of the bygone era. The age of the tusk Lundberg found has not yet ...