Honors Thesis Archive
| Author | Evie Chatfield |
|---|---|
| Title | The American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) at Wittenberg University: Identifying Sex and Age Before Death |
| Department | Biology |
| Advisor | Michelle McWhorter |
| Year | 2023 |
| Honors | University Honors |
| Full Text | View Thesis (15949 KB) Note: This is a very large file; it may be easier to download the file to your computer and open it from there. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this thesis was to determine the sex and age at death of a Mastodon whose skeletal remains were discovered in Brighton, Ohio in 1923 and are now displayed at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. The sex (male) was determined by a comparative analysis: measuring several features of its skull and left forelimb and comparing these measurements to that of mastodon specimens at the Indiana State Museum in Indiana and the Cincinnati Museum in Ohio. The approximate age (35-45 years old) was determined by the amount of dental wear on one remaining molar and the infilling of the root cavity where the other molars should have been. |
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