Of course the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is not a dinosaur, but a mammal. A creature of the early Pleistocene (aka The Ice Age), it lived ca800k-10k years ago and although now extinct is a relative of the Asian Elephant. It coexited with man and was highly sought after for it's bone, flesh, and hide, and tusks. According to Wikipedia (as well as other sources I've read): "
Most woolly mammoth populations disappeared during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, alongside most of the Pleistocene megafauna (including the Columbian mammoth). This extinction formed part of the Quaternary extinction event, which began 40,000 years ago and peaked between 14,000 and 11,500 years ago. Scientists are divided over whether hunting or climate change, which led to the shrinkage of its habitat, was the main factor that contributed to the extinction of the woolly mammoth, or whether it was due to a combination of the two"
While it was unfortunate they died out, scientists are fortunate enough to have many specimen's to study, with quite a few intact specimen's of both young and old Mammoth's having been found in Siberia.
Marx marketed this as one of their "Prehistoric Monsters and Mammals". The mold group it was a part of included both dinosaur and non-dinosaur figures and this was the perfect adjunct to their earlier line of cavemen (which I haven't covered yet). It measures 4" (10.16cm) L x 2 5/8" (6.66cm) H. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
I thought it would neat to see how the Marx version compared with the Safari Mammoth
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