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4 unusual facts about Gomphothere


Gomphothere

In 1933, Serbelodon burnhami (now Amebelodon burnhami) was discovered and named after the celebrated scout Frederick Russell Burnham.

The plant microfossil analysis recovered fragments of conifer tracheid and vessel elements with a ray of parenchyma cells, which corroborates the consumption of wood plants, pollen grains, spores, and fibers.

Isotopic analyses for South American gomphotheres suggest a wide dietary for N. platensis except for the localities in Santiago del Estero and La Carolina in Ecuador.

Vance T. Holliday

:In Sonora, field work in collaboration with M.G.Sanchez (INAH) focused on a series of Clovis sites, most prominently an in-situ Clovis/Gomphothere kill site and an extensive camping area on the adjacent uplands.


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