Mammut americanum

Description
See the American Mastodon (Mammut americanum)  on Wikipedia.

Existence over past 50.000 years
''Each cell represents 1.000 years. If the bottom-right cell is filled the species went extinct after 1500 AD.''

Taxonomy
Independent Evolution: At least 28.4 million years.
 * Genus Extinct: Yes
 * Family Extinct: Yes
 * Order Extinct: No


 * Closest Living Relatives: Elephantidae
 * Conservation Status of Closest Living Relative:.
 * Time diverged from Closest Living Relative: ?

Fossil Locations


Quaternary of Canada (7: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Yukon collections), Mexico (1), United States (327: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia)

Temporal Range
Mammut:

Temporal Range: 5.3-0.011 MYA

Lifespan: 5.29 MY

Mammutidae:

Temporal Range: 28.4-0.011 MYA

Lifespan: 28.4 MY