Elephantidae
“Elephantidae” is the family-level category of proboscideans that includes the living elephants of Africa and Asia, extinct relatives assigned to various elephant genera, and their extinct close relatives assigned to the genus Mammuthus, to which all species of mammoths are assigned. Mammoth taxonomy is complex and not fully resolved, but North American mammoths include the Columbian mammoth (M. columbi), the woolly mammoth (M. primigenius), and intermediate forms sometimes assigned to the species M. jeffersonii and that have been recently interpreted as hybrids between Columbian and woolly mammoths.
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Loxodonta
The genus Loxodonta includes both species of modern African elephants.
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Specimen: UMMP VP 118186
Taxon: Loxodonta africana
Element: Right tusk
“Lyuba”
The specimen nicknamed “Lyuba” was recovered on the Yamal Peninsula (Russian Federation) in 2007. This is one of the most complete and best preserved woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) in the world. Lyuba was only about one month old at the time of her death, and she lived about 42000 years ago. The surface model seen here was produced using CT scan data obtained by the Ford Motor Company’s Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory. See Fisher et al. (2012) and Rountrey et al. (2012) for additional information.
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Specimen: Lyuba
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Exterior Surface
Riley mammoth
This specimen of M. jeffersonii was discovered in 2009 by an employee of the Riley family on their property near Saranac, Michigan. It was excavated in 2010 by the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and has been under study since that time. Although not an especially complete specimen, it shows important evidence of human association and will figure in analyses currently in preparation.
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Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Cervical Vertebra 7
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Cuneiform
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Femur
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Metacarpal I
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Metacarpal II
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Pisiform
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Scaphoid
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Tibia
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Trapezoid
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Trapezium
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Left Unciform
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Lumbar Vertebra 1
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Lumbar Vertebra 2
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Lumbar Vertebra 3
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Lumbar Vertebra 4
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Thoracic Vertebra 18
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Thoracic Vertebra 20
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Bone flake FS289
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Bone flake FS421
Specimen: UMMP VP 116967
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Bone flake FS533
Ziegler Reservoir mammoths
The Ziegler Reservoir site near Snowmass Village, Colorado produced thousands of skeletal elements from large Pleistocene mammals, including the remains of mammoths.
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Specimen: DMNH 60704
Taxon: Mammuthus primigenius
Element: Right Lower m3
The Hughes mammoth
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Specimen: UMMP VP 22798
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Mandible with L and R m3
The Bristle mammoth
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Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Mandible (partial)
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Right upper M3
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 2 (axis)
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 1 (atlas)
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 3
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 4
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 5
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 6
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Cervical Vertebra 7
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Thoracic Vertebra 1
Specimen: UMMP VP 117677
Taxon: Mammuthus
Element: Skull (partial)
Other elephantids
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Specimen: UMMP VP 10931
Taxon: Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Element: Right Lower m1
