Name/Title
Mastodon (tusk)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.21Description
Description: Family: Mammutidae
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Genus:Mammuthus
Common Name: Mastodon (tusk)
Age: Pleistocene
Location: East Medford, Jackson County, OR
Description: (mounted) on piece of wood. Partial tusk (large end) with some matrix still attached. Color is dark tan to brown with irregular fracturing.
Physical Characteristics:
Mastodons (Greek: µast?? "breast" and ?d???, "tooth") were large tusked mammal species of the extinct genus Mammut which inhabited Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Central America from the Oligocene through Pleistocene, 33.9 mya to 11,000 years ago.[1] The American mastodon is the most recent and best known species of the group. Confusingly, several genera of proboscids from the gomphothere family have similar-sounding names (e.g., Stegomastodon) but are actually more closely related to elephants than to mastodons.
The genus gives its name to the family Mammutidae, assigned to the order Proboscidea. They superficially resemble members of the proboscidean family Elephantidae, including mammoths; however, mastodons were browsers while mammoths were grazers.
Family: Unknown
Genus: Mammuthus
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
6 inDepth
6-1/4 inLength
21-1/2 inLocation
Location
Container
RightDrawer
Front Row / BottomShelf
Left, LeftWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
July 23, 2011Location
Drawer
Back Row / BottomShelf
Center, CenterWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
July 23, 2011Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
CenterCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
