Woolly Mammoth
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: A replica of a woolly mammoth tooth made from a specimen recovered by fishermen out of the North Sea. The woolly mammoth was the smallest species of mammoth, roughly equal in size to the modern African elephant, and the last species of mammoth to go extinct. The woolly mammoth inhabited the Pleistocene tundra and northern taiga regions of Eurasia and northern North America. The tooth measures about 26cm x 19cm x 7.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jan 2024
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Mammuthus primigenius
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO402745
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Proboscidea, Elephantidae, Elephantinae