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Taxon: Genus Mammuthus Brookes, 1828 - mammoths (mammal)
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Basic information

Distribution : Middle America
Period : Early Pliocene - Pre-Classical Times (5.333 Ma - 750 BCE)
Status : extinct

Paleontology

Period : Early Pliocene - Holocene Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
Period : 5 Mya - 0 Mya Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.

Geography

Geographic region : Africa Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33.
Presence : Origin Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33.
Geographic region : Asia Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33. [implicit]
Geographic region : Central America
Geographic region : Mexico Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33.
Geographic region : Europe Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33. [implicit]
Geographic region : North America Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 33.
Geographic region : Siberia
Region : Northern
Presence : Terminal
Geographic region : Taiwan
Region : Central
Region : Southern

Ecology/Strategies

Feeding strategy : Grazing Ref: J.A. van Essen, 2011: 24.

Timeline

Date of extinction : 1700 BC Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 504.
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