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: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: computed tomography; osteology; Mammuthus primigenius; mammoth; permafrost; Yakutia; Yamal Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: 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...