Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains in United States

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Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains
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Type	museum
Opened for public	1961
Address	601 NW Ferris Avenue
Zip-code	OK 73507
Place	Lawton
State	Oklahoma
Country	United States
Website	Website
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Related persons
Owner	City of Lawton


Key People
Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2023-08-28

Latest document update	2023-08-28 15:43:48
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Description

Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains, located at 601 NW Ferris Avenue, in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States , opened for public in 1961.

Taxidermy specimens

Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Cooperton mammoth Accession nr: . Received: 1961-00-00 ♂ Cooperton mammoth (fossil)
Species: Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)
* Born 17,000 to 21,000 years ago at North America unspecified forest † Dead 17,000 to 21,000 years ago at Cooperton mammoth siteDeath reason: unknown (N/A) Age: Young adult
Discovered as fossil 1961 by a son of Mr. Henry Buchanan, residing near Cooperton, Oklahoma at shallow soil deposit near a tributary of the North Fork of the Red River, Henry Buchanan farm, Cooperton, Oklahoma,
Body, bone or dental material: skeleton with skull, Excavated 1961, Excavated by: Museum of the Great Plains, Oklahoma,

Comments / picturesThe Museum of the Great Plains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States.

References for records about Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Oklahoma Museum of the Great Plains, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3755. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_Great_Plains_(Oklahoma)

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