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	Mastodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of an extinct genus Mammut of the order Proboscidea; they resembled, but were distinct from, the woolly mammoth.
		They differed from mammoths primarily in the blunt, conical shape of their teeth [1], which were more suited to chewing leaves than to grazing; the name mastodon (or mastodont) means mastoid teeth (Greek μαστός and ὀδούς, "nipple tooth"), and is also an obsolete name for their genus.
		The tusks of the mastodon sometimes exceeded five meters in length.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mastodont (221 words)

	Mastodons
		Mastodons are extinct elephant-like mammals which began to roam the North American continent about 20 million years ago.
		Mastodons now were among the largest animals on earth, and fared well, certainly because larger animals are better at competing for the few available resources.
		It seems that the mastodons were the precursors to the bison in early North America in regard to their relationship with human inhabitants.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2000backeast/ENatHist/Members/SchullerL (662 words)

	Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre - American Mastodon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some mastodons had vestigial tusks in their lower jaw, but often they were lost by maturity.Male tusks are larger and heavier than those of females.
		Mastodon cheek teeth usually have several low, paired cusps constructed of thick enamel and are quite different in appearance from the series of appressed enamel plates that characterize cheek teeth of mammoths and modern elephants.
		Mastodon remains of similar age are known from sink holes at Miller Creek and East Milford, Nova Scotia.
	www.beringia.com /02/02maina3.html (1264 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - American mastodon
		Mastodons were related to modern elephants, which they superficially resembled, having long tusks and a flexible trunk.
		Mastodons most closely resembled the extinct woolly mammoth but were smaller, with shorter limbs and straight, rather than spiralled tusks.
		Mastodon young were thought to have taken around 10 years to reach sexual maturity requiring a longer period of maternal protection than elephants.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3004.shtml (554 words)

	Mastodons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mastodons (Mammut americanum) are part of a group of extinct elephant-like mammals, the mastodonts, that first appeared during the early Miocene, about 20 million years ago, and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene about 10,000 years ago.
		Adult mastodons were 6 to 10 feet (1.9 to 3.0 meters) high at the shoulder and about 15 feet (4.5 meters) from the base of the tusks to the root of their tail.
		Mastodons were shorter in overall height and had shorter and thicker legs than their mammoth relatives.
	www.intersurf.com /~chalcedony/mastodon1.html (491 words)

	Mastodon Prehistoric Animals Mastodon Pictures catalog extinct extinction endangered The mastodon, an elephantlike ...
		Mastodon Prehistoric Animals Mastodon Pictures catalog extinct extinction endangered The mastodon, an elephantlike mammal belonging to the order Proboscidea, was widespread from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs (26 million to 10 thousand years ago).
		Mastodons were in the mainline of PROBOSCIDEAN evolution and were probably derived from Moeritherium, which inhabited what is now Egypt in the Early Oligocene.
		Mastodon americanus, common in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch and perhaps up to a few thousand years ago, was not as tall as modern elephants.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/prehistoricanimalsindex.asp?counter=7 (698 words)

	SDNHM - American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name "mastodon" is a Greek derivative—mastos, "breast," and odon(t), "tooth"—that references the animal's teeth, which have crowns consisting of distinct rounded cusps.
		Mastodons were widely distributed throughout the world, and their remains are fairly common and well-preserved.
		Mastodon remains have been associated with fires, leading to the assumption that early humans hunted and ate them.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/fossils/mastodon.html (219 words)

	Mastodon -- Exhibitions -- Oakland Museum of California
		Lindsay Dixon, chief preparator in the museum's Natural Sciences department, reports that visitors to the mastodon work area were fascinated by the size of the skeleton and seeing the bones up close, and liked to compare them to the size of their own bones.
		The mastodon was discovered by a ranch hand who spied a part of an animal's tooth sticking out of the soil at a stream bank.
		The Rustler Ranch Mastodon Project is made possible by the generous support of the Oakland Museum Women's Board, the Natural Sciences Guild, an anonymous supporter of the Natural Sciences Department, McKessonHBOC Foundation, and participants in the museum's "Adopt-a-Bone" campaign.
	www.museumca.org /exhibit/mastodon.html (657 words)

	The King Mastodon Excavation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The geological context of the mastodon bones was reworked sandy alluvium-as evidenced by a 1920's lipstick case, Asian clams, and an 8-track cassette tape.
		Only a portion of the mastodon carcass may have been quickly buried by sediment and the portion that did not get buried may have decayed or been utilized by humans or animals.
		The King Mastodon Project was an unqualified success because we were able to 1.) recover so many more elements of the mastodon, 2.) greatly raise the awareness of archeology on a local and regional level, and 3.) bring together volunteers, scholars, and community leaders to achieve a common goal---to preserve the past for the future.
	www.uark.edu /campus-resources/archinfo/mastodon.html (1496 words)

	Mastodon: Remission: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mastodon seems like a kickass metal name until you realize that the now-extinct American Mastodon was a hell of a lot like a manatee with legs.
		Lacking the killer instinct of its contemporaries, the Sabre-Toothed tiger and the Pterodactyl, the American Mastodon was content to browse, trolling the plains for tasty morsels of shrub.
		Mastodon, like pioneering heavy acts Botch, Isis, Converge and Dillinger Escape Plan, prefer to mix their metal with some hardcore, albeit with the strong emphasis on the 'metal' part.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mastodon/remission.shtml (526 words)

	: : Ozzfest 2005 : : Get The Best Seats Here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MASTODON formed in 1999 when drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher moved to Atlanta, GA from their hometown of Rochester, New York.
		MASTODON’s exceptional live performance impressed to such an extent that within months a contract was inked and the band welcomed into the Relapse family.
		MASTODON carved its own path, and 'Remission' established the band as one of catalysts aiming to change the face of heavy music for the better.
	www.ozzfest.com /bio/mastodon.html (1244 words)

	Writer's Guide to the PR Universe - Mastodon Dinozord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Mastodon served as the cannons of the Megazord Tank Mode and the arms and back of the Megazord Battle Mode.
		Once in the Mastodon, Zack put his hands on his controls' handgrips, lighting up the Mastodon, Black Ranger helmet, and Mastodon Dinozord head symbols (all fl) on the console.
		The Mastodon's freeze spray kept Pineoctopus frozen for quite a while, until the Megazord could destroy the frozen monster.
	www.rovang.org /wg/mastodon.htm (196 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: mastodon @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MASTODON [mastodon], name for a number of prehistoric mammals of the extinct genus Mammut, from which modern elephants are believed to have developed.
		These were long-jawed mastodons about 4 1/2 ft (137 cm) high, with four tusks and a greatly elongated face.
		The mastodons were forest dwellers; they obtained their food by browsing and their teeth were more numerous and of a simpler form than those of the elephant.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:mastodon&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (214 words)

	Amazon.com: Remission: Music: Mastodon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mastodon were one of the big metal breakout bands of 2002, and were quickly heralded as one of the premiere metalcore acts in the world.
		And while Mastodon possess a mastery of their instruments that put them in league with both aforementioned bands, they bring in an element that seems to contradict everything math-metal is about.
		Yet the rough and tough songs shine, where Mastodon has the subtlety of their namesake's stampede and the primitive drive to smash skulls and gobble raw, dripping animal flesh ('cuz that's how cavemen are, y'know).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DDAU9?v=glance (1961 words)

	Rustler Ranch Mastodon Project -- Mastodons -- Oakland Museum of California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mastodons were an elephant-like mammal that lived during the Ice Age.
		Mastodons are related to mammoths and modern elephants.
		Mastodons had blunt coned teeth and probably were browsers on softer plants, such as herbs and leaves.
	www.museumca.org /mastodon/mastodons.html (235 words)

	Mastodon: Leviathan - PopMatters Music Review
		Mastodon's 2002 album Remission was the kind of debut release that every band dreams of pulling off, one that grabbed people's attention immediately, one that, upon hearing the first few bars of the first track, showed the world that they actually had something new to offer.
		Living up to their moniker, Mastodon sounded massive, beastly, downright unstoppable, as the Atlanta, Georgia quartet combined the Southern-fried heavy rock of Clutch and Eyehategod with the technical proficiency and hardcore elements of The Dillinger Escape Plan.
		Well, Mastodon have indeed decided to change things considerably on their second album, Leviathan, and that change is not only for the better, but positively thrilling.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/m/mastodon-leviathan.shtml (893 words)

	Return to the Ice Age - The La Brea Exploration Guide
		Although the American mastodon had the same number of teeth throughout their normal lifetime as mammoths, they had more teeth in the jaw at any one time.
		The mastodon's simple and low crowned teeth indicate that this animal had the diet of a browser, an animal that tends to eat leaves and twigs.
		In comparison, the ridges on the mastodon's teeth on the right are lower, typical of a browser, a herbivore that eats softer vegetation, such as twigs and leaves.
	www.tarpits.org /education/guide/flora/mastodon.html (209 words)

	Warren Mastodon
		Discovered in 1845, it was the first entire American mastodon skeleton found in the United States, and is still one of the most complete such skeletons known.
		When found, the mastodon was still in the position in which it had died some 11 thousand years ago, standing upright, with its legs thrust forward and its head tilted upward, apparently gasping for air.
		The Warren Mastodon was acquired by the American Museum of Natural History in 1925.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Warren_Mastodon/warren.html (251 words)

	The UnMuseum - Of Mastodons, Mammoths
		The Mastodon was slightly shorter than an elephant, but more heavily built with upward curving tusks.
		Mastodons were just slightly shorter than an elephants, but more heavily built.
		Both the mastodon and the mammoth were hunted by humans and this may have contributed to their disappearance after the end of the ice age.
	unmuseum.mus.pa.us /mastodon.htm (736 words)

	Big Brook Mastodon Page
		Most of the Pleistocene bone found, mastodon included, is light brown in color and is not very permineralized, so it does not weigh much for the size.
		Notes: The American mastodon was a large elephant that roamed the open spruce woodlands, usually in low-lying areas such as valleys and swamps.
		The mastodons, along with the mammoth, are now extinct, possibly due to over hunting by Ice Age man. Two of the thirteen New Jersey mastodons that were found in Sussex County are presently on display in the New Jersey State Museum along with some isolated finds.
	www.njfossils.net /mastodon.html (411 words)

	Chronogram - Mongomery Mastodon - Sep 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A 19th-century sketch of the reconstructed montgomery mastodon.
		Before the mastodon was discovered, the commonly accepted belief was that extinction was impossible, because of the deeply religious beliefs that pervaded throughout America.
		The mastodon's discovery was made at a time when dinosaurs had not yet been discovered and even educated people where not aware of the existence of prehistoric nature.
	www.chronogram.com /issue/2005/09/communitynotebook/index.php (937 words)

	Common-place: Peale’s Mastodon
		While the mastodon did not compete with the bald eagle as the nation’s official emblem, this majestic Ice Age creature did become an informal icon of national identity for citizens of the new republic.
		As a result, few people today are aware that the mastodon was the nation’s first prehistoric monster, or that the Founding Fathers made this animal a symbol of dominance in the first decades of the new republic.
		For many Americans, the mastodon continued to be a symbol of dominance, a "ruling species" that was a forerunner of the prehistoric monsters to come in the ensuing age of Darwin and the dinosaurs.
	www.common-place.org /vol-04/no-02/semonin (3029 words)

	Cornell News: schooll kids sort mastodon matrix
		After Cornell paleontology students excavated the mastodon skeletons from the bog in a semester-long "dig, "the skeletons were purchased from the landowners with aid from anonymous benefactors of the university.
		Synthetic polymer casts will be made of the bones of the mastodons: a large specimen estimated to have been 35 years of age when it died and a smaller mastodon of undetermined age.
		Bones of the mastodons (and of other animals such as beaver and smaller rodents, and an extinct type of moose) are in such good condition, Chiment explains, because they were virtually pickled in the highly acidic water of the bog.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/Jan00/mastodon.baggie.hrs.html (949 words)

	Mastodon Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Mastodons were large, widely-distributed mammals that are now extinct.
		Mastodons were closely related to the mammoths and the elephant.
		Mastodons were smaller than modern-day elephants; they ranged from about 6.5-10 feet (2-3 m) tall at the shoulder.
	enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/iceage/Mastodonprintout.shtml (228 words)

	BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MASTODON: 'Festival' Version Of 'Leviathan' Now Available
		MASTODON's recent live performances as part of the 2005 Ozzfest tour have met to widespread fan and critical acclaim, with the band continuing to make waves in the national media and thousands of new fans along its tour path.
		Mastodon are one the band of the future, as for as i am concerned, borrowing influences from metallica to neurosis.
		I agree that Mastodon is one of the bands of the future (among Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, and Lamb of God).
	www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40170 (1309 words)

	Burning Tree Mastodon
		The Burning Tree Mastodon represents not only the most complete skeletal remains of this extinct species, but, also has become a gold mine of genetic and paleontological information for scientist.
		Evidence indicates the "Burning Tree Mastodon" was slain by humans before humans were thought to inhabit the area.
		Flint markings on the Mastodon's ribs shows not only did humans exist but were sophisticated enough to bring down a 10,000 pound beast.
	www.dinodiscovery.com /Burning_Tree_Mastodon.html (349 words)

	Mastodon Historic Site
		The Kimmswick, Missouri, mastodon bones were first discovered in May of 1839 and described as the Missourium Kochii or the Missouri Leviathan.
		Albert C. Koch--part scientist and part showman in the tradition of P. Barnam--supposed it was an entirely new species from the known mammoths and mastodon species at the time and that it was especially adapted to living for great lengths of time under water, similar to a hippopotamus.
		The original Kimmswick mastodon bones were purchased by the British Museum in London.
	www.greatriver.com /mastodon.htm (1116 words)

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