Animals of the Past

Written when 'dinosaur' was still a new word in most homes: the American Museum's own guide to sea-serpents of Kansas, birds with teeth, and why great creatures vanish — with Charles R. Knight's famous restorations.

The Mastodon

6 pages in this part of Animals of the Past.

The Mastodon

who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength?"

The Mastodon: Peale

And as the first mastodon remains recorded from North America came from the region west of the Hudson, so the first fairly complete…

The Mastodon: Warren

There are at least a dozen mounted skeletons of the Mastodon in the United States, and the writer trusts he may be pardoned for mentioning…

The Mastodon: Pacific

How slowly changes may take place is shown by the occurrence of a depression in the Isthmus of Panama, in comparatively recent geologic…

The Mastodon: Lingula

The more uniform the surrounding conditions, and the simpler the animal, the smaller is the liability to change, and some animals that…

The Mastodon: Africa

Discoveries in Russia, the United States and Africa have thrown much additional light on the strange reptiles of the Permian age and…

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