Mastodon - Wikipedia
A mastodon (mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for 'mammoth'), which, strictly defined, was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene.
The American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) - U.S. National Park Service
Oct 6, 2021 · Quick Facts! Common name: American mastodon. Scientific name: Mammut americanum. Found at Hagerman: tusks and teeth. Present: mid-Pliocene to end-Pleistocene (10,500 years ago) Range: fossils have been found across North and Central America, from Alaska to Mexico.
Mastodon | Description, Distribution, Extinction, & Facts | Britannica
mastodon, (genus Mammut), any of several extinct elephantine mammals (family Mammutidae, genus Mammut) that first appeared in the early Miocene (23 million to 2.6 million years ago) and continued in various forms through the Pleistocene Epoch (from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago).
Mammoth vs Mastodon - Difference and Comparison | Diffen
What's the difference between Mammoth and Mastodon? Mammoths were bigger and heavier compared to their predecessors, the mastodons, and closer in appearance and constitution to elephants today. Mastodons had cusps on their molars, which mainly distinguished them from the mammoth as well as elephants who ha...
"Mammut" borsoni - Wikipedia
"Mammut" borsoni is an extinct species of mammutid proboscidean known from the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Eurasia, spanning from western Europe to China. It is the last known mammutid in Eurasia, and amongst the largest of …
Mammutidae - Wikipedia
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.
Mammoth or Mastodon: What's the Difference? | AMNH
Jan 24, 2019 · The name mastodon literally means “breast tooth,” referring to the the “nipple”-shaped bumps along the top edges of these animals’ teeth. Mammoths, on the other hand, had ridged teeth—ideal for grazing and grinding tough grasses into small bits, like modern elephants.
10 Important Facts About Mastodons - ThoughtCo
Jul 1, 2019 · The most famous Mastodon species is the North American Mastodon, Mammut americanum. Two others--M. matthewi and M. raki--are so similar to M. americanum that not all paleontologists agree that they even merit their own species designation, while a fourth, M. cosoensis, was originally assigned as a species of the obscure Pliomastodon. All of ...
Mastodon - New World Encyclopedia
Mammut americanum, the American mastodon, disappeared from North America about 10,000 years ago (BBC 2007), at the same time as most other Pleistocene megafauna. The cause for the extinction of the American mastodon is unknown.
Warren Mastodon | AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
This fossil skeleton of an American mastodon (Mammut americanum) was discovered in 1845 on a farm near Newburgh, New York. Based on its position, this distant cousin of the elephant became mired in mud some 11,000 years ago and died while struggling to extricate itself.