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A mastodon is a member of the genus Mammut, which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as eleph
Mastodon AMNH 9951
Mammut americanum molar tooth, Rotunda Museum
The 1806–1808 painting The Exhumation of the Mastodon by Charles Willson Peale
Colored lithograph of the "Missourium" (= Mammut) skeleton, c. 1845
Mastodon (band)
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Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2000, the band's lineup of Troy Sanders, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, and Brann Dailor remained unchanged for 24 years. Hinds d
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…name of the "fossil elephant" after seeing his tattoo of a Bantha skull from the Star Wars franchise, in which the members then agreed to it being the band's name. "Mastodon" is also the name of a blogging social network site that also acquired its name from the extinct proboscidean species. The mastodon is the…
Mastodon's original lineup performing in 2012. L–R: Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher
Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor in 2004
Mastodon live at Roskilde Festival 2007
Brent Hinds performing in 2009