Mammut fossil map
Where fossils of Mammut have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Ice Age & later mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 27.3 million years ago to the present (Chattian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Mammutidae |
| Named by | (Blumenbach 1799) |
| Fossil records | 617 occurrences at 574 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States, Ukraine, Greece, Romania, Moldova, Mexico, Canada, Spain, Slovakia, Bolivia … |
| Rock formations | txn:43273, Peace River, "unnamed sandstone", Balta sands, Juntura, Alkali Canyon |
About Mammut
A mastodon (from Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) 'breast' and ὀδούς (odoús) 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for 'mammoth'), which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family Elephantidae). Mammut is the type genus of the extinct family Mammutidae, which diverged from the ancestors of modern elephants at least 28 million years ago, during the Oligocene.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mastodon (revision 1380959632), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 22 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q192272.
