Fossil Mastodon at the Tualatin, Oregon Library

This video features a Ice Age mastodon in the Portland, Oregon area. It was discovered in the suburb of Tualatin. The partial skeleton is featured in the public library in Tualatin. Since the early 2010s, Tualatin has promoted itself as a major stop on the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail (which is related to the Missoula Floods--that affected Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon--note the mastodon is not related to the Missoula floods) [References: www.nps.gov/iafl/index.htm and www.tualatinoregon.gov/commun... ]. Part of the Tonquin Ice Age Trail also is in Tualatin [ www.oregonmetro.gov/ice-age-t... ].
Mastodons are extinct mammals that are similar to Ice Age mammoths, and modern elephants. A key feature to distinguish mastodons and mammoths are their different types of teeth. Mastodons foraged vegetation from trees and mammoths foraged vegetation from grass.
The Tualatin mastodon has become a key feature of Tualatin's geologic connection to the Ice Age. Also located near to the Tualatin Library (where the Tualatin mastodon and other fossils are on display), is a shopping complex. Outside the Cabela's store in this shopping complex, is a large bronze statue of a mastodon and a child. Additionally, inside the Cabela's store also is a display of a cave bear skeleton (Note that the cave bear skeleton is from a model, and was not found locally). The Cabela's srore is owned by Bass Pro). The nearby Tualatin Heritage Center also features some Ice Age erratics [ tualatinlife.com/featured/tua... ].
The Tualatin mastodon was discovered in 1962. It is about 14,000 years old. Only a partial skeleton was recovered [ www.tualatinoregon.gov/librar... and tualatinchamber.com/visit/ice... and www.willamettevalleypleistoce... ]. Expanding on the theme of the Ice Age geology of the Portland area, a playground in Tualatin features an idealized model (not an accurate model) of the Willamette Meteorite. This large meteorite is associated with the Missoula Floods, and was originally found in West Linn, Oregon--but is now a display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York [ • Playground Model of th... ].
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