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"Florida's 6-Million-Year-Old Elephant Graveyard Uncovered by Paleontologists"

Paleontologists have discovered an elephant graveyard in Florida containing bones of gomphotheres, an extinct ancestor of modern-day elephants, dating back to 5.5 million years ago. The excavation efforts began in 2022 after a volunteer had located a particularly large gomphothere's bone at the Gainesville site. The researchers believe that the adult had died from drowning at the location, while the infants had died at other locations and the water transported the bodies.

via The Jerusalem Post|

#elephant-graveyard #excavation #florida

science2 years ago•6 min saved

"Florida's Ancient Elephant Graveyard Uncovered by Paleontologists"

Paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History have discovered a collection of bones from an extinct elephant species known as gomphotheres, which lived in northern Florida during the Miocene Epoch. The bones of many gomphotheres were found in the same spot along the banks of an ancient river near the modern-day city of Montbrook, forming what could be labeled an “elephant graveyard.” The intact adult gomphothere skeleton was approximately eight feet tall and slightly more than nine feet long from front to back, making it the largest gomphothere skeleton ever recovered anywhere.

via Ancient Origins|

#elephant-graveyard #florida-museum-of-natural-history #fossils

paleontology2 years ago•7 min saved

Ancient Elephant Graveyard Uncovered in North Florida

Paleontologists and volunteers at the Montbrook Fossil Dig in North Florida have discovered several complete skeletons of gomphotheres, extinct relatives of elephants, that died in or near a river about 5.5 million years ago. The fossils were likely successively deposited or transported to the area, and the discovery is the most complete gomphothere skeleton from this time period in Florida and among the best in North America. Gomphotheres were among the most diverse proboscideans and spread to nearly every continent during their 20 million-year reign.

via Phys.org|

#fossils #gomphotheres #north-florida

science2 years ago•4 min saved

5 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' discovered in Florida.

Paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered an elephant graveyard of an extinct relative of elephants called gomphotheres in North Florida. The discovery includes several complete skeletons, including one adult and at least seven juveniles, estimated to have died about 5.5 million years ago. Gomphotheres are extinct relatives of modern elephants and, more distantly, mammoths, and are characterized by a long trunk, or proboscis, and large tusks. The Montbrook Fossil Dig, where the discovery was made, is the Florida Museum’s current large-scale excavation site.

via msnNOW|

#elephant-graveyard #florida #fossils

science2 years ago•4 min saved

5 million-year-old 'elephant graveyard' discovered in Florida.

Paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered an elephant graveyard of an extinct relative of elephants called gomphotheres in North Florida. The discovery includes several complete skeletons, including one adult and at least seven juveniles, estimated to have died about five and a half million years ago. Gomphotheres are extinct relatives of modern elephants and, more distantly, mammoths, and are characterized by a long trunk, or proboscis, and large tusks. The Montbrook Fossil Dig, where the discovery was made, is the Florida Museum’s current large-scale excavation site.

via msnNOW|

#elephant-graveyard #florida #fossils

science2 years ago•3 min saved

"Prehistoric Elephant Graveyard Discovered in Florida by UF Researchers"

Paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History discovered an elephant graveyard of extinct gomphotheres, a relative of elephants, in North Florida. The discovery includes several complete skeletons, including one adult and at least seven juveniles, estimated to have died about 5.5 million years ago. The Montbrook Fossil Dig, where the discovery was made, is the Florida Museum's current large-scale excavation site. Gomphotheres thrived in open savannahs, which were once common in Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas.

via Pensacola News Journal|

#elephant-graveyard #florida #fossils