X-ray computed tomography of two mammoth calf mummies

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Fisher, Daniel C., Shirley, Ethan A., Whalen, Christopher D., Calamari, Zachary T., Rountrey, Adam N., Tikhonov, Alexei N., Buigues, Bernard, Lacombat, Frédéric, Grigoriev, Semyon, Lazarev, Piotr A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
• Subjects: permafrost; Yakutia; Yamal Peninsula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/13-092; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000002523

Two female woolly mammoth neonates from permafrost in the Siberian Arctic are the most complete mammoth specimens known. Lyuba, found on the Yamal Peninsula, and Khroma, from northernmost Yakutia, died at ages of approximately one and two months, respectively. Both specimens were CT-scanned, yieldin...