page_title: Island 35 Mastodon
hierarchical_section_title: Island 35 Mastodon
caption_attribution_description: a cleaned up and simplified version of Rembrandt Peale's sketch of a mastodon skeleton
context_page_description: The Island 35 Mastodon was discovered on Island No. 35 of the Mississippi River in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States.
  In 1900, a Pleistocene mastodon skeleton was excavated approximately 3 miles east of Reverie, Tennessee and 4 miles southeast of Wilson, Arkansas. In 1957 the site was reported as destroyed.
  Mastodons are members of the prehistoric, extinct genus Mammut. They resemble modern elephants.
  Native to North America, they are said to have lived on the North American continent from almost 4 million years ago, in the Pliocene Epoch, until their eventual disappearance about 10,000 years ago.
context_section_description: The Island 35 Mastodon  was discovered on Island No. 35 of the Mississippi River in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States.
  In 1900, a Pleistocene mastodon skeleton was excavated approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Reverie, Tennessee and 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Wilson, Arkansas. In 1957 the site was reported as destroyed.
  Mastodons are members of the prehistoric, extinct genus Mammut. They resemble modern elephants.
  Native to North America, they are said to have lived on the North American continent from almost 4 million years ago, in the Pliocene Epoch, until their eventual disappearance about 10,000 years ago.
caption: Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale
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