There are over 80 Proboscidean localities in ABDSP.
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Meet our Proboscideans
For a more detailed description of the proboscideans found in the Anza-Borrego State Park see, 
 "Fossil Treasures of the Anza Borrego Desert",
​George T.  Jefferson and Lowell Lindsay, editors, Sunbelt Publications, San Diego California, 2006.

Gomphotherium

Short legged, hippopotomus sized, lived in marshy areas
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​In ABDSP Collection:

9 MYA: tusk fragment
3.7 MYA: skull and mandible

Drawing by Pat Ortega,
​Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert

Stegomastodon

Geographic range suggests it occupied grasslands habitats


In ABDSP Collection

1.2 MYA: incomplete molar


Drawing by Pat Ortega,
​Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert

Mammuthus meridionalis

Medium sized elephant, 9-12 ft at the shoulder with long curved tusks

In ABDSP Collection

1.1 MYA: 70% of a complete skeleton of an adult female

Drawing by H. Osborn, 'Men of the Old Stone Age' [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Mammuthus columbi

Largest North American elephant, over 14 ft at the shoulder

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In ABSP Collection

1.1 - .7 MYA: Many localities, including one with a juvenile, subadult and old individual



Drawing by Pat Ortega, Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert

Mammut ​ammericanum

​Lived in herds and were predominantly forest dwelling. They fed on a mixed diet of browsing and grazing.

In ABDSP Collection

Recently discovered metapodial specimen


Image from Wikipedia Dantheman9758 at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons