Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 (American mastodon)

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Alternative combinations: Elephas americanus, Mammut americanus, Mastodon americanus

Synonyms: Elephas americanus De Kay 1842, Elephas imperator Leidy 1858, Elephas primigenius americanus De Kay 1842, Elephas texianus Owen 1858, Mammut adamsi Hibbard 1944, Mammut ohioticum Blumenbach 1797, Mammut progenium Hay 1914, Mastodon giganteum Cuvier 1817, Mastodon giganteus Cuvier 1817, Mastodon ohioticum Blumenbach 1797, Mastodon ohioticus Blumenbach 1797, Mastodon progenius Hay 1914, Pliomastodon adamsi Hibbard 1944, Tapirus mastodontoides Harlan 1825, Tetracaulodon mastodontoideum Godman 1830, Trilophodon ohioticus Blumenbach 1797

Belongs to Mammut according to J. Shoshani and P. Tassy 1996

See also Abraczinskas 1993, Allen 1895, Christiansen 2007, Cope 1875, Cope 1889, Eshelman et al. 2018, Hay 1902, Hibbard and Riggs 1949, Hulbert and Pratt 1998, Kelly 1994, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1868, Leidy 1873, Leidy 1877, Loomis 1918, Lundelius 1972, Mantell 1850, Miller 1987, Ray and Sanders 1984, Saunders 1996, Simpson 1945, Slaughter 1966, Tedford et al. 1987, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Warren 1852 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: Mammut borsoni, Mammut cosoensis, Mammut floridanum, Mammut furlongi, Mammut matthewi, Mammut pacificus, Mastodon lydekkeri, Mastodon rectus, Mastodon waringi, Mastodon maderianus, Mastodon tarijensis, Mastodon raki, Mastodon spenceri, Mastodon argentinus, Mastodon (Tetralophodon), Mammut mirificum

Subtaxa: Mastodon americanus alaskensis

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Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 390.0, fibula circumference 234.0, humerus circumference 455.6, tibia circumference 352.3, ulna circumference 331.1

Estimated body mass: 8.13 tons based on femur circumference and humerus circumference

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (8: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Yukon collections), Mexico (5), United States (350: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (4: Kansas, Nevada, Washington)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas)

• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 369 collections including 371 occurrences

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