Hawthorne Farm, Ford Co., IL. Mammut americanum, M3

Submitted by cwidga on Tue, 02/10/2015 - 09:03
Model Image: 
Repository: 
Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL
Taxon: 
Mammut Americanum (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Mammutidae)
Chronological Age: 
12,250+/-40 14C BP

This is a 3D scan acquired via Next Engine laser scanner of an upper right 3rd permanent molar from the Hawthorne Farm mastodon.

Locality and Horizon: 
Hawthorne Farm, Ford Co., IL. From "Mire Peat". Discovered in 1955 and excavated in 1956. This mastodon is notable because it is a mature individual of very small size. The molar enamel is also very rugged.
Specimen details: 
Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, Springfield, IL. Upper third, right, molar of Hawthorne Farm Mastodon from Ford Co., IL. Specimen is associated with partial skeleton of a small, mature, female mastodon dating to ~14,000 years ago.
Citation: 
Saunders et al., 2010Saunders, J. J., Grimm, E. C., Widga, C. C., Campbell, G. D., Curry, B. B., Grimley, D. A., ... & Treworgy, J. D. (2010). Paradigms and proboscideans in the southern Great Lakes region, USA. Quaternary International, 217(1), 175-187.
Source Data: 
Unpublished 3D scan
File download: 
File Hawthorne Farm.stl
File Information: 
File is a 3D surface file in STL format. This model was created by aligning multiple scan families into a single model using a Next Engine laser scanner and Scanstudio software. Model is to scale. Size: ~6MB, uncompressed.