FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PROBOSCIDS
Fossils are defined as any evidenceĀ of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test, and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
The term Proboscidea has Greek origins in reference to the proboscis, being an elongated appendage from the head of an animal. The earliest and smallest members of Proboscideans first appeared in the fossil record during the Paleocene Epoch some 60 million years ago in Africa. To see my Proboscidea models click here.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Mammalia – Order: Proboscidea
(elephants, mammoths and mastodon)
Middle Paleocene to Holocene
Mammoth
Early Pliocene to Late Holocene

Mammoth Vertebrae
Pleistocene
Texas, North America

Mammoth Tusk
Pleistocene
North America

Mammoth Tooth Slices
Mammuthus columbi
(Columbian Mammoth)
Pleistocene
Hawthorn Formation, River in South Carolina, United States, North America

Mammal tooth fragment
Mammuthus columbi
(Columbian Mammoth)
Pliestocene
Texas Gulf Coast, Unted States

Mammal tooth fragment
Mammuthus columbi
(Columbian Mammoth)
Pliestocene
Texas Gulf Coast, Unted States

Mammal tooth fragment
Mammuthus columbi
(Columbian Mammoth)
Pliestocene
Texas Gulf Coast, Unted States

Fossil Mammuthus primigenius
(Woolly Mammoth)
Tusk fragment
Middle Pleistocene to Late Holocene
Mastodon
Early Pliocene to Late Pleistocene

Mastodon Radius
Pleistocene
Galveston, Texas, North America

Mastodon Femur Socket
Pleistocene
Galveston, Texas, North America

Mastodon Fibula
Pleistocene
Galveston, Texas, North America

Mastodon Rib
Pleistocene
North America

Baby Mastodon Tooth (Cast)
Pleistocene
North America

Pygmy Mastodont Tooth (Cast)
Pleistocene
North America