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Columbian Mammoth
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Taxonomy
Columbian Mammoth
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Mammuthus
Species: Mammuthus columbi
Author Citation Falconer, 1857
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Quaternary
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pleistocene
International Age: Sangamon interglacial
Stratigraphy
Pleistocene sediments
Provenance
Collector: Joe Gallo
Date Collected: 06/04/1983
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 16.7 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Location
Trinity River T-2 Terrace
Dallas
Texas
United States
Comments
Isolated, essentially intact molar tooth (missing tiny portion of root at rear of specimen). Note the relatively small number of enamel plates (7 to 8 in a 100mm line) compared with the Woollly Mammoth (M. primigenius).
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