Mammuthus sungari

Songhua River Mammoth; Temporal range: Pleistocene
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	Skeleton of Mammuthus sungari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Proboscidea
Family:	Elephantidae
Genus:	Mammuthus
Species:	M. sungari
Binomial name
	Mammuthus sungari; (Zhou, M.Z, 1959)

Mammuthus sungari, sometimes called the Songhua River Mammoth^[1] evolved from smaller Siberian mammoths and occurred in Northern China during the middle Pleistocene (about 280,000 years ago). It survived until the beginning of the Late Pleistocene^[2].

Description

The replica specimen on display at the Ibaraki Nature Museum in Ibaraki, Japan is 9.1 metres (30 ft) long, 5.3 metres (17 ft) tall, and has an estimated weight of 10 tonnes (11 short tons).^[3] The original skeleton is at the Inner Mongolian Museum and it is based on two very large individuals found in 1980 at the Zhalainuoer Coal Mine in Hulun Buir City. These specimens indicate that it is the largest mammoth species found.

File:Mammuthus-sungari.jpg

Human, Mammuthus sungari, Loxodonta africana'

M. sungari was described by Zhou, M.Z in 1959. ^[4]

References

^ Cheng-Yi Wang "Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo-anthropology," the Journal. (January 1982 Vol 20 No. 1)
^ Dong Wei, Xu Qinqi, Jin Changzhu, Liu Jinyi "THE QUATERNARY HERBIVORE FAUNAS IN NORTH-EAST CHINA, EVOLUTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE",Institute of vertebrate paleontology and paleoanthropology, chinese academy of sciences, beijing 100044 abstract
^ "Exhibits". Ibaraki Nature Museum. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
^ Zhou, M.Z., 1959. Proboscidea. In: Pleistocene mammalian fossils from the northeastern provinces: 22-34, pls. 6-15. Edited by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

External links

Biblioteca de Atenas (Spanish)

In Chinese

Dinosaur.net.cn (Chinese)
- Mammuthus sungari (a 3.33 m high M. sungari skeleton, probably M. primigenius)
- Introduce mammoths (a 4.7 m high M. sungari discovery]
CUST (Chinese)
www.nmgbwg (Chinese)
www.51766.com (Chinese)
Blog (Chinese)

In Japanese

Big Game (Japanese)
Kadobeya (Japanese)

[identification-1] Cheng-Yi Wang "Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo-anthropology," the Journal. (January 1982 Vol 20 No. 1)

[date-2] Dong Wei, Xu Qinqi, Jin Changzhu, Liu Jinyi "THE QUATERNARY HERBIVORE FAUNAS IN NORTH-EAST CHINA, EVOLUTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE",Institute of vertebrate paleontology and paleoanthropology, chinese academy of sciences, beijing 100044 abstract

[3] "Exhibits". Ibaraki Nature Museum. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

[described-4] Zhou, M.Z., 1959. Proboscidea. In: Pleistocene mammalian fossils from the northeastern provinces: 22-34, pls. 6-15. Edited by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

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