Giant mastodon skeleton, 1830. Artist: Unknown

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Giant mastodon skeleton, 1830. Skeleton of a giant mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson River in 1801. Mastodons were a species of elephant that lived in North America from million to about 10,000 years ago. From Cuvier's The Animal Kingdom. (London, 1830).

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Photo credit: © Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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