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A NOTABLE discovery of the remains of the extinct Columbian elephant, one of the largest of elephants, is recorded from Eldorado, Oklahoma, by Science Service, Washington, D.C. The University of Oklahoma and Kansas State College have united in excavating certain mounds in which casual digging had revealed fossil bones, and the first results include seven skulls and many bones, tusks and teeth of the species referred to. The elephant remains range from those of mature individuals to young ones, five to seven years old. In addition to these remains, bones of extinct species of camel, horse and bison have been excavated. It appears that the area of the discoveries was an ancient water-hole which had a bottom ofvery soft mud in which the animals had become bogged.
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Fossil Elephants in Eldorado. Nature 136, 546 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136546d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136546d0