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  <dc:contributor>Eric Scott</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Jeremy Green</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Kathleen B. Springer</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Brett Dooley</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Gregory J. Smith</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Alton C Dooley</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2019</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A new species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mammut pacificus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;sp. nov. is herein recognized, with specimens identified throughout California and from two localities in southern Idaho. This new taxon differs from the contemporaneous&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. americanum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in having narrower teeth, most prominently in M3/m3, as well as six sacral vertebrae, femur with a proportionally greater mid-shaft diameter, and no mandibular tusks at any growth stage. All known Pleistocene&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mammut&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;remains from California are consistent with our diagnosis of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. pacificus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, which indicates that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. americanum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was not present in California.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.7717/peerj.6614</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>PeerJ</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Mammut pacificus sp. nov., a newly recognized species of mastodon from the Pleistocene of western North America</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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