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Tag Archives: Southern Mammoth
A very brief introduction to mammoths
I was in Los Angeles when I first saw him. I stood in his shadow as he towered above me. I didn’t feel fear. Or panic. I felt awe despite being dwarfed. Light bounces off each bone, highlighting the curves, … Continue reading
Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Gompothere, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth
Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, Asian Elephant, Cave Lion, Columbian Mammoth, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, Dolphin, Dorothea, Dorothea Bate, Elephas maximus indicus, Elephas maximus maximus, Eliphantidae, Fosters Rule, Giant Deer, Gompothere, Homo neander, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homotherium, Ichthyosaur, La Brea Tar, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta cyclotis, Mammoth, Mammoth Steppe, Mammuthus, Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus lamarmorai, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mastodon, Moeritherium, Neanderthal, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Primelephas, Proboscidea, Pygmy Mammoth, reindeer, Sabre tooth cat, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Southern Mammoth, Steppe Mammoth, Straight Tusked elephants, The African Mammoth, Tori Herridge, TrowelBlazers, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Zygolophodon
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The first Mammoth of the Steppes
Four men stood beneath the wooden frame of this enormous proboscidean. On the front left leg, the man slowly raises his own left leg, bringing up with it the leg of the beast. Slowly, the skeletal leg lifted from the … Continue reading
Posted in Steppe Mammoth
Tagged Elephantidae, Homotherium latidens, Mammoth, Mammoth Steppe, Pleistocene, Southern Mammoth, Steppe rhinoceros
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The last trumpet of a giant
“The Columbian Mammoth of North America, Mammuthus columbi, is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.” And so it was written. In 1998 the Washington State Legislature recognised the Columbian Mammoth as their official state fossil. The decision was not easy. … Continue reading
Posted in Columbian Mammoth
Tagged Bering Strait, Christopher Columbus, Columbian Mammoth, Cuvieronius tropicus, Dire Wolf, giant short-faced bear, Gompothere, Hugh Falconer, Imperial Mammoth, Island Dwarfism, Mammut americanum, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus imperator, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mastodon, Proboscideans, Smilodon, Southern Mammoth, State Fossil, Woolly Mammoth
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Mammoths!
The first animal that pops into anyone’s head when you say ‘Ice Age’ will be the woolly mammoth. This is the iconic animal of the Pleistocene. There were other large proboscideans lolloping across the landscape, including the mastodon and the … Continue reading
Posted in Woolly Mammoth
Tagged 10000BC, Bering Straits, Charles Knight, Chauvet Caves, Font-de-Gaume, Gompothere, Grotte de CUssac, Hyena, Ice Age, Lyuba, Mammoth Steppe, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, Mastodon, Neanderthal, Siberia, Southern Mammoth, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Wrangle Island
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