Directory of Proboscidea Resources

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Fossil elephants, mammoths, mastodons, and gomphotheres.

Resources in This Category

• Amebelodon

  http://museum.unl.edu/research/vertpaleo/amebelo.html
  The Shovel-tusker: Account of a new discovery.

• Calvin College Mastodon Resource

  http://www.calvin.edu/academic/geology/mastodon/calvin_c.htm
  Mastodon resource containing a growing number of journal articles and links. Also features photographic inventory and journal of Calvin College's current mastodon excavation in Grand Rapids, MI.

• Mammoths

  http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/mammuthus.html
  Provides information on these extinct members of the Proboscidea, three species of which lived on the mainland of the United States at the end of the last Ice Age.

• Mastodon State Historic Site

  http://www.mostateparks.com/park/mastodon-state-historic-site
  Provides information on the mastodon fossils found in Missouri in what is now known as the Kimmswick Bone Bed, one of the most extensive Pleistocene deposits in the USA.

• Mastodons

  http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/mammut.html
  The American mastodon, Mammut Americanum, became extinct about 11,000 years ago. This illustrated article shows exhibits at the Illinois State Museum.

• The UnMuseum

  http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/mastodon.htm
  Mammoth and mastodon exhibit.

• Woolly Mammoths: Evidence of Catastrophe?

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/mammoths.html
  Two articles questioning accepted views on whether preserved mammoth remains indicate the occurrence of a great catastrophe and whether mammoths were well adapted for living in cold climates.

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