Here is the molar from an American Mastodon (Mammut americanum). This comes from Pleistocene deposits in San Jacinto County, Texas. Mastodons used their bumpy molars for grinding up twigs, leaf matter, and other shrubs.
Here is the molar from an American Mastodon (Mammut americanum). This comes from Pleistocene deposits in San Jacinto County, Texas. Mastodons used their bumpy molars for grinding up twigs, leaf matter, and other shrubs.
Mastodons had pointed teeth for crushing, while Mammoths had flat teeth for grinding grass.
Mastodons tusks were straighter, while Mammoths tusks were curved.
Mastodons were also shorter and stockier.
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Mastodons had pointed teeth for crushing, while Mammoths had flat teeth for grinding grass.
Mastodons tusks were straighter, while Mammoths tusks were curved.
Mastodons were also shorter and stockier.
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Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Repeated climate-driven dispersal and speciation in peripheral populations of Pleistocene mastodons | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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