The mammoth, up to 75 percent complete, may be a member of the first species of the elephant-like animals that reached North America.
"We have found about three quarters of the animal, which is very unusual. The tusks are between 8 and 9 feet long," Lander said.
Paleo Environmental Associates of Altadena, California, was called in last week to dig out the skeleton , and expects to complete the task on Friday, Bruce Lander, a partner in the firm, told Reuters.
Lander said the mammoth was believed to be an ancestor of the Columbian mammoths discovered at La Brea Tar Pits, which are believed to be about 30,000 years old.
Experts believe it may be of the meridionalis species, which grew to 14 feet (four metres) tall and weighed up to 10 tons and were the first mammoths to reach North America about 1.4 million years ago.
2 comments:
Its time to move from here. I've been a resident of Moorpark and look at what our town finds when they are preparing for $1.25 million dollar homes. Damn. Only to think that 20 years ago Moorpark was the joke of Ventura county. What does Moorpark spell backwards?
At least you don't live in Felch, Michigan or Rimmer, Montana.
Be grateful for the little things, sweet Aldo.
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