Picture of Skeleton Of Mammoth

-- Mammoth, one of the most impressive mammals that ever walked on Earth, a remote kin of a modern elephant, lived in the geological epoch of Pleistocene during the period from 1.8 million to 10 000 years from today. Fossil remains of mammoth were discovered in Kikinda, north of Vojvodina, on 4 September 1996, at depth of 21 meters, and are of the species . Discovered skeleton is almost complete, with more that 90% of bone mass preserved. It is a female which is evident because of the shape of pelvis opening through which the baby mammoth passed during the birth. Age of this individual mammoth is estimated to be 64 based on the circles in the cross section of the tusks similar to those of a tree log. The experts noted some degenerative changes in the bones indicating that this female suffered from spondilosis and rheumatism. Kikinda mammoth was about 4,7 meters high, about 7 meters long, with tusks of 3,5 meters long.