Data from: X-Ray computed tomography of two mammoth calf mummies

• 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: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: mammoth; osteology; computed tomography; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; Khroma; permafrost; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.62000; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d03qr

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...