Name/Title
Mammoth (tooth)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.22Description
Description: Family: Elephantidae
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Genus:Mammuthus
Common Name: Mastodon (tusk)
Age: Pleistocene
Location: Unknown
Description: Well preserved mammoth tooth. Brown to tan and black with a varnished coating.
Physical Characteristics:
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived from the Pliocene Epoch from around 4.8 million years ago, into the Holocene at about 4,500 years ago.[1][2] The word mammoth comes from the Russian ?????? mamont, probably in turn from the Vogul (Mansi) language, mang ont, meaning "earth horn".[3]
Family: Elephantidae
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
5-1/2 inDepth
3 inLength
7 inLocation
Location
Drawer
Back Row / BottomShelf
Center, CenterWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
July 23, 2011Location
Container
RightDrawer
Front Row / BottomShelf
Center, CenterWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
July 23, 2011Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
LeftCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
