#proboscideans β Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #proboscideans, aggregated by home.social.
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Original study:
R. F. Williamson et al., New insights into early paleoindian (#Gainey) associations with #proboscideans and #canids in the niagara peninsula, southern ontario, #canada, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103785. π
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#FossilAdventCalendar Day 1
We begin our journey north in #Ontario, #Canada π¨π¦ with the #Welland #mastodon (Mammut americanum) unearthed close to #NiagaraFalls and exhibited in the #RoyalOntarioMuseum. Like all #proboscideans - the group of #mammals that also includes #elephants - #mastodons had #tusks, but one is missing from this individual. The fact that the socket for its left tusk is closed suggests that this was a birth defect rather than the result of injury or disease.