Kariger Mastodon
American Mastodon (Mammut americanus) at
Henry Kariger ranch in United States

Biography
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Kariger Mastodon displayed as museum specimen.
Kariger Mastodon as museum specimen. This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.

Alternative name: Archie
Taxidermy locationUniversity of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, United States

Identification


Description

Species:American Mastodon (Mammut americanus)
Sex and age:Male ♂, unknown age
Status:fossil
Characteristics: complete skeleton except for tusks and lower limbs.
Body height: 4.27 meter, 14.0 feet
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in North America unspecified forest
Death
Dead:
Death location: Henry Kariger ranch
Death reason: :
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Henry Kariger ranch, in United States

Date of arrival

Henry Kariger ranch
Record history
History of updates2021-07-02

Latest document update2022-03-19 05:17:31
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† Kariger Mastodon is a dead fossil Male ♂ American Mastodon (Mammut americanus), , who died at Henry Kariger ranch, in United States, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at University of Nebraska State Museum, in Lincoln, United States, since 1921-00-00.


Origin

Kariger Mastodon was born wild at North America unspecified forest.


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In 1921, the fossil of the largest mammoth in the world was found north of Curtis, Nebraska. A farmer’s wife noticed their chickens were pecking at something white in the hillside. As the hill eroded, the white in the hillside was revealed to be the fossil remains of a large mammoth.

The fossil remains of the mammoth are on display at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in Morrill Hall. The mammoth is nicknamed “Archie.”

“Because of this fossil mammoth find, it became the state fossil,” said Jim Griffin, Curator Director of the Lincoln County Historical Museum. “The official state fossil is the mammoth because of Archie and a Lincoln county farmer.”

In his initial reports, Barbour declared the Kariger mammoth a new species, Elephas maibeni. The name also honored museum donor Hector Maiben. A 1936 monograph by Osborn redescribed it as Archidiskodon imperator — generating the mammoth mascot’s Archie nickname. Archidiskodon has since been added to the Mammuthus columbi — Columbian mammoth — species, which ranged through the western United States and Central America during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 million to 11,700 years ago).

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Kariger Mastodon, American Mastodon (Mammut americanus) located at University of Nebraska State Museum in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10789. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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