Of Mastodons, Mammoths and Other Giants of the Pleistocene Bones of a Mastodon. During the Pleistocene Epoch, from about 1.5 million to 10, 000 years ago, the world grew cold. Great sheets of ice, sometimes a thousand feet thick, moved down from the north gouging out the land. These harsh conditions seemed to encourage the development of giant mammals (Probably because larger animals are better ...

CALVIN COLLEGE MASTODON PAGE ABOUT THE CALVIN COLLEGE DIG MASTODON REFERENCES LINKS Since 8/4/99 Last updated: 7/27/2001 by Paul Petersen Back to Calvin Geology Page Welcome to the Calvin College mastodon homepage. Featured here are details about our 1999 excavation at the Ada Bible Church site, as well as general mastodon information and links to other mastodon sites. ...

Nebraska Feature Fossil, Winter 1995 The Shovel-tusker Amebelodon: A New Discovery By Bruce Bailey University of Nebraska State Museum Highway Salvage Paleontologist In June, we received a call from Mike Spaeth of Cheyenne County, reporting the discovery of a large fossil bone protruding from a stream bank. Despite initial communication problems, I made arrangements to investigate his find over ...