Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mammuthus exilis


Related Topics

  
  InfoHub - Mammuthus exilis - A Small Mammoth
Remains of the pygmy mammoth, Mammuthus exilis have been known on the Channel Island of California since 1856.
During the Pleistocene glacial advances, water was held on the continents as snow, glaciers, and ice sheets.
Mammuthus exilis is definitely an interesting species in the study of mammoth paleontology.
www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=3653   (357 words)

  
 Mammuthus - Encyclopedia.com
Mammuthus (mammoth) A genus of Pleistocene elephants that were adapted to steppe and tundra habitats.
The tusks were elongated and strongly curved, and the skull was shorter and higher than that of other elephants.
The largest mammoth, indeed the largest probiscidean of all time, was Mammuthus armeniacus of Eurasia, which stood about 4.5 m at the shoulder.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O8-Mammuthus.html   (847 words)

  
 Graham, Russell W. | AMQUA 2006 Meeting
Mammuthus exilis has only been found on the Channel Islands off the coast of California.
Mammuthus jeffersonii was derived from M. columbi sometime during the Rancholabrean Land Mammal age; its geographic distribution is restricted to the upper Midwestern US, New England and the continental shelf of the northeastern US.
This species geographic distribution overlapped with the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and the teeth of these two species were convergent with respect to a high number of enamel plates and thin enamel.
bsi.montana.edu /web/amqua/node/124   (477 words)

  
 Academy of Natural Sciences - Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection - Woolly Mammoth
The remains of mammoths were long familiar to Siberian aboriginals who often encountered remains along the banks of rivers and sold their tusks for the ivory trade.
The steppe mammoth itself is regarded as an intermediate between the Southern mammoth and the woolly mammoth, while the Columbian mammoth is regarded as an intermediate of the Jefferson mammoth (Mammuthus jeffersonii).
Mammuthus exilis is the name for dwarf descendants of Columbian mammoths isolated on the Channel Islands off California.
www.ansp.org /museum/jefferson/otherFossils/mammuthus.php   (2423 words)

  
 SDNHM Fossil Mysteries Field Guide: Mammoth
The largest species of mammoth (Mammuthus imperator) reached 13 feet (3.9 meters); the smallest pygmy mammoths (Mammuthus exilis) grew four to eight feet in height.
The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was large, standing 12 feet (3.7m) tall and weighing as much as 10 tons (9 metric tons).
In contrast, the smallest mammoth known from southern California is the Channel Island dwarf mammoth (Mammuthus exilis), which stood only four to eight feet tall.
www.sdnhm.org /exhibits/mystery/fg_mammoth.html   (541 words)

  
 [No title]
A nearly complete pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) fossil skeleton, found in 1994, is providing new insight into this poorly known animal, which lived during the Pleistocene.
Pygmy populations derived from elephants or mammoths are known from several locations throughout the world, including the islands of Malta and Sicily in the Mediterranean, several islands in southeast Asia, and Wrangell Island in the Arctic.
Mammuthus exilis is the only example known from the New World, and all previous descriptions of the animal were based on isolated bones recovered from the park islands.
www.rain.org /campinternet/backcountry/science/paleontology/pygmy-mammoth-update-bc.html   (408 words)

  
 Prehistoric Planet Store - Replica fossils including dinosaurs like T. rex, Triceratops, and more!
Mammuthus subplanifrons, found in South Africa and Kenya, is also believed to be one of the oldest species (about 4 million years ago).
In due course the African mammoth migrated north to Europe and gave rise to a new species, the southern mammoth (Mammuthus meridionalis).
However, most species of mammoth were only about as large as a modern Asian Elephant, and fossils of species of dwarf mammoth have been found on the Californian Channel Islands (Mammuthus exilis) and the Mediterranean island of Sardinia (Mammuthus lamarmorae).
www.paleoclones.com /item.php?item=928   (852 words)

  
 CALIFORNIA ISLANDS PYGMY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS EXILIS): THEIR ORIGIN, AGE, SIZE AND EXTINCTION
Pygmy mammoths (Mammuthus exilis) have been recognized on the northern Channel Islands of California since a 1873 paper resulting from a Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The presence of limited specimens of the continental mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) reflects the possibility of late migrations to the island, or remnant, refugial continental forms.
exilis remains are known from the continental mainland.
gsa.confex.com /gsa/2006AM/finalprogram/abstract_115096.htm   (388 words)

  
 Raising the Mammoth: Family Tree
Unlike the Woolly mammoth that wore a shaggy coat of fur that kept him warm in the cold northern regions, the Columbian mammoth was well-adapted to its warmer surroundings, and was, in contrast, hairless.
The Imperial mammoth (Mammuthus imperator) was the largest of all mammoths.
The Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenus) arose in Siberia, but ended up settling into a vast northern range that extended from Ireland all the way east to the northern regions of North America.
www.exn.ca /mammoth/FamilyTree.cfm   (1407 words)

  
 July 1999
Proboscidean remains on the Channel Islands of California include those of the ancestral Mammuthus columbi, from the mainland (e.g., Rancho La Brea), and the derived diminutive form, M. exilis, a California-island endemic.
Island mammoth remains were, at the turn of the century (and beyond), considered evidence for the existence of a land bridge between the Channel Islands and the mainland.
Mammuthus exilis evidently derived an independent solution to the challenges of island life.
www.mineralsocal.org /bulletin/1999/99_jul.htm   (2929 words)

  
 Mammoth Home Page
These new specimens are housed in the National Park Service repository at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, joining the collections made by Phil Orr in the 1940's and 1950's and those of Boris Woolley, collected in the 1970's.
We will discuss the impact of the volcanic activrty in the formation and preservation of the sites around the Basin of Mexico, together with the associated environmental changes recorded in the sequences and their impact on the megafauna.
A major focus of research on Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) is the elucidation ofrts geographical and temporal variability and intraspecific taxonomy.
mammuthus.chat.ru /contents.htm   (4952 words)

  
 3rd International Mammoth Conference - Abstracts A-D
The mammoth (Proboscidea, Mammuthus) is an animal that lived in most of North America during the Pleistocene, from northern Canada and Alaska (USA) to southern México and northern Central America.
The tusks and premaxilla belong to a subadult specimen of Mammuthus sp.
Preliminary examination of the tusk’s Schreger angles suggests that the tusk is from a mammoth, and not a mastodon.
www.yukonmuseums.ca /mammoth/abstra-d.htm   (4998 words)

  
 Elephant History at Animal Corner
The genus mammoths, in latin ' Mammuthus', was a group of species, belonging to the family of elephants, entirely separated in taxonomy from the Mastodons and the genus family 'Mammutidae', although they sometimes shared the same environment.
The Mammoth probably has origin from 'Stegodon' and started to develop during upper Pliocene, (some 4 million years ago) in Africa.
They spread to Europe and Asia, and Mammuthus meridionalis went over Bering Strait to North America about 1.8 million years ago, (the woolly Mammoth went over much later) and became extinct during lower Holocene, probably exterminated by prehistoric humans who hunted them.
www.animalcorner.co.uk /wildlife/elephants/elephant_history.html   (765 words)

  
 Mammuthus exilis - A Small Mammoth [Archive] - InfoHub
Mammuthus exilis - A Small Mammoth [Archive] - InfoHub
InfoHub > Ecotourism and Wildlife Forum > Wildlife and Biodiversity Discussions > Paleontology Discussions > Mammuthus exilis - A Small Mammoth
July 22nd, 2005, 08:58 PM Larry D. Agenbroad wrote an article in 1998 about Mammuthus exilis, the pygmy mammoth.
www.infohub.com /forums/archive/index.php?t-3653.html   (374 words)

  
 3rd International Mammoth Conference - Abstracts Mat-Moc
Issues critical to understanding the systematics and phylogeny of the elephantids, specifically the genera Archidiskodon and Mammuthus, appear to center on the status of A.
Aguirre (1969) and Maglio (1973) argued that Archidiskodon and Mammuthus are congeneric.
Standard mammoth dental measurements and metrics (enamel thickness, plate width, plate number, and lamellar frequency) from a minimum of 28 individuals vary widely, and indicate that the tooth plate numbers are most reliable in the identification of specimens to the species level.
www.yukonmuseums.ca /mammoth/abstrmat-moc.htm   (4234 words)

  
 Search Results for Mammuthus
Pliomastodon sellardsi (gomphothere) Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth) Rodentia (rats, mice,...
Geology:Quaternary geochronology and distribution of Mammuthus on the Colorado...
Quaternary geochronology and distribution of Mammuthus on the Colorado Plateau.
www.ivyjoy.com /coloring/mammuthus-search.html   (513 words)

  
 About Mammoths
Both Blumenbach and Baron Georges Cuvier of France concluded, independently, that the bones belonged to an extinct species.
The bones belonged to the woolly mammoth, later considered to be a distinct genus, and so renamed Mammuthus primigenius.
Many believe that mammoths disappeared because of a change in climate, disease, hunting by humans, or perhaps some combination of these.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /mammal/mammoth/about_mammoths.html   (591 words)

  
 Pygmy Mammoth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pygmy Mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) was a dwarfed descendant of full-sized mammoths, possibly Mammuthus columbi, the Columbian Mammoth.
exilis lived on the northern Channel Islands of California of Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, and San Miguel Island.
Agenbroad, L. Channel Islands (USA) pygmy mammoths (Mammuthus exilis) compared and contrasted with M.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mammuthus_exilis   (140 words)

  
 Mammoth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mammoth remains have been found in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America.
However, not enough genetic material has been found in frozen mammoths for this to be attempted.
The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Mammuthus primagenius has been determined, however (J. Krause et al, Nature 439,724-727, 9 Feb 2006).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mammuthus   (2267 words)

  
 the wilde wood - encyclopædia - mammoth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Largest species was the Mammuthus Imperator (Imperial mammoth), which reached 13 feet i height.
The smallest was the Mammuthus exilis (pygmy mammoth) which was only four to eight feet in height.
Mammoths had wider heads than mastodons, a more sloping back and longer, curved tusks.
www.wildewood.co.uk /encyclopaedia/content/mammoth.html   (112 words)

  
 The Paleobiology Database
Mammuthus armeniacus, Mammuthus gromovi, Mammuthus paramammonteus, Mammuthus planifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, Mammuthus weifangensis, Mammuthus wuesti, Mammuthus trogontherii
It was recombined as Archidiskodon exilis by Osborn (1942); it was synonymized subjectively with Mammuthus jeffersonii by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was recombined as Mammuthus exilis by Shoshani and Tassy (1996).
It was assigned to Elephas by Stock and Furlong (1928); to Archidiskodon by Osborn (1942); and to Mammuthus by Shoshani and Tassy (1996).
paleodb.org /cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=47874   (143 words)

  
 Woolly Mammoth - Mastodon - Crystalinks
In due course the African mammoth migrated north to Europe and gave rise to a new species, the southern mammoth (Mammuthus meridionalis).
Mammoths had a number of adaptations to the cold, most famously the thick layer of shaggy hair, up to 50 cm (20 in) long, for which the woolly mammoth is named.
Two expeditions are in Siberia searching for mammoth remains: a Japanese-led team and the international expedition, called Mammuthus, of which M Buigues is a member and which also includes scientists from the United States, The Netherlands and Russia.
www.crystalinks.com /woollymammoth.html   (2962 words)

  
 dwarf_elephant   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An exception is the dwarf Sardinian Mammoth, Mammuthus lamarmorae (Major, 1883), the only endemic elephant of the Mediterranean islands belonging to the mammoth line (DNA research published in 2006 shows that Elephas creticus may be from the mammoth line too).
The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbii) produced a separate, isolated population at the end of the Pleistocene.
During the last ice age, woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean.
www.travelgreatdestinations.com /wiki/?title=Dwarf_elephant   (1192 words)

  
 Raising the Mammoth: Family Tree
Unlike the Woolly mammoth that wore a shaggy coat of fur that kept him warm in the cold northern regions, the Columbian mammoth was well-adapted to its warmer surroundings, and was, in contrast, hairless.
The Imperial mammoth (Mammuthus imperator) was the largest of all mammoths.
The Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenus) arose in Siberia, but ended up settling into a vast northern range that extended from Ireland all the way east to the northern regions of North America.
exn.ca /mammoth/FamilyTree.cfm   (1415 words)

  
 [No title]
The pygmy form (Mammuthus exilis) is known from San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz islands.
Examination of the exposed skeletal elements confirmed it was an articulated skeleton of Mammuthus exilis, and that it held the promise of being essentially complete.
Recent information regarding the Wrangel Island mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) (Vartanyan et al., 1993) as no longer considered to be dwarf forms (Tikhonov, 1997), places the distinction of the only pygmy, island dwelling mammoths as Mammuthus exilis.
www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/paleontology/pub/grd4/CHIS.doc   (2690 words)

  
 Columbian And Woolly Mammoth Information
The Columbian Mammoth, (Mammuthus columbi) was a descendent of Mammuthus meridionalis (Mammuthus meridionalis) the ancestral mammoth that entered North America via the Bering Land Bridge about one million years ago.
Identified by its hairy coat and large curved tusks, the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a descendent of the steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii).
primigenius (the woolly mammoth) and M. exilis (the pygmy mammoth of the California Channel Islands).
www.mammothsite.com /MammothInformation.html   (1000 words)

  
 Magic Figurines - LE MAMMOUTH   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mammuthus africanus entre 3 et 4 millions d'années (fait encore l'objet de controverses).
Mammuthus meridionalis, le mammouth du sud, espèce eurasienne la plus ancienne 2,6 à moins d'un million d'années qui gagne l'Amérique du Nord il y a 1,5 millions d'années ;
Mammuthus columbi, le mammouth de Colomb, en Amérique du Nord tempérée issu de Mammuthus meridionalis et qui est à l'origine de Mammuthus exilis vers -35000 ans petite espèce insulaire des îles de Californie.
www.magicfigurines.com /content/view/319/27   (961 words)

  
 Mammoth Home Page
The position of di in its alveola, the structure of the latter and the presence ofatveola of a rudimentary tusk in M primigenius suggest homologies of the rudimentary tusk with the incisor di I, of the first generation tusk (di) with dl2 and of the
The remains of this late stage Mammuthus meridionalis co-occur with that of the imperial mammoth, M.
Mammuthus trogontheni rests were found in the localities of Srorodum, Abalack, and Tchemae on the territory of Western Siberia.
mammuthus.chat.ru /abstract01.htm   (10904 words)

  
 Mammoths, the prehistoric elephants
The genus mammoths, in latin Mammuthus, was a group of species, belonging to the family of elephants, entirely separated in taxonomy from the Mastodons and the genus family Mammutidae, although they sometimes shared the same envoronment.
Recently made DNA-tests (Extern reference link) gives the indication that genus Mammuthus is a sister genus to elephas, with a gap to Loxodonta.
Mammoths lived in different areas, some in the northern arctic areas, but not all of them, and they developed over a long period into different forms, so when speaking about Mammoths, it should be clear that this is a group of species, and not only the species wolly Mammoth.
www.elephant.se /mammoths.php   (402 words)

  
 Tartumaa Muuseum
Tolleaegne karvutu mammuti esivanem (Mammuthus meridionalis) oli suurem kui tänapäeva elevant.
Kirde-Siberist Euroopani levinud stepimammut (Mammuthus trogontherii) elas metsamaastikul ja avatud rohusel lauskmaal umbes 750—500 tuhat aastat tagasi.
Enim tuntud karvane mammut (Mammuthus primigenius) ilmus Kirde-Siberisse 250 tuhat aastat tagasi ning levis üle terve Euraasia avamaastiku umbes 100 tuhat aastat tagasi.
www.tartumaamuuseum.ee /?174   (206 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.