Alton Dooley

Alton Dooley

Apr 22, 2016

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Little Stevie: a California mastodon

"Little Stevie" is one of the mastodons from Diamond Valley Lake in California, stored at the Western Science Center. Little Stevie was about 40% complete, and includes a partial skull with the 2nd and 3rd molars (shown here) and numerous postcranial bones, including the femur. That's the material we're measuring for our project, so Little Stevie is one of the specimens included in our study. Find out more about Little Stevie at http://wp.me/p5070o-ar.

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About This Project

American mastodons lived all across North America during the Ice Age. Paleontologists long suspected that western mastodons differed in subtle ways from eastern ones, and our initial data suggest they may have been distinctive in size and tooth proportions. We plan to examine various museum collections to build a robust database of mastodon measurements, allowing us to document regional population differences and helping us understand ecosystem variation and animal dispersal during the Ice Age.

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