Deciduous Tusks and Small Permanent Tusks of the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) Found on Beaches in The Netherlands

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ID11761920
AuthorsDick Mol (0009-0005-4772-4625, Natural History Museum Rotterdam, corresponding author), André Bijkerk (Independent Researcher, 2726 CP Zoetermeer, The Netherlands), Joanne P Ballard (0000-0002-1587-8364, Tennessee Valley Authority), Joanne Ballard (Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA)
Year2018
Volume1
Issue1
Pages7-7
Publication date2018-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternary (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/quat1010007
OpenAlexW2807260364
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

Tusks of very young mammoths and other proboscideans are extremely rare in the fossil record. This article presents all deciduous tusks and newly-developing permanent tusks of woolly mammoths which are known from Dutch localities and the North Sea. Four deciduous tusks are from The Netherlands and one is from Germany. Five specimens of newly-developing permanent tusks are also discussed. In this article, we present several characteristics and details of those tusks such as presence/absence of roots, and cementum and enamel layers that should facilitate an identification when new findings are made. We also describe a dental element, a digitelle, that is easily mistaken for a tusk of a juvenile woolly mammoth

Archaeology · Biology · Deciduous · Geography · Juvenile · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology

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