| The Mammoth Site | |
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  The Mammoth Site Location in South Dakota  The Mammoth Site Location in United States | |
| Location | Hot Springs, South Dakota |
| Coordinates | 43°25′29″N 103°28′59″W / 43.42471°N 103.48313°W |
| Designated | 1980 |
| Website | Official website |
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The Mammoth Site is a museum and paleontological site near Hot Springs, South Dakota, in the Black Hills. It is an active paleontological excavation site at which research and excavations are continuing. The facility encloses a prehistoric sinkhole that formed and was slowly filled with sediments during the Pleistocene era. The sedimentary fill of the sinkhole contains the remains of Pleistocene fauna and flora preserved by entrapment and burial within a sinkhole. As of 2016, the remains of 61 mammoths, including 58 North American Columbian and 3 woolly mammoths had been recovered. Mammoth bones were found at the site in 1974, and a museum and building enclosing the site were established. The museum now contains an extensive collection of mammoth remains.[1][2][3]
- ^ Agenbroad, L.D., 1994. "Geology, hydrology, and excavation of the site." In Agenbroad, L.D. and Mead, J.I., eds., pp. 15-27. "The Hot Springs Mammoth Site: A Decade of Field and Laboratory Research in the Paleontology, Geology, and Paleoecology." The Mammoth Site of South Dakota. Inc. Hot Springs, South Dakota.
- ^ Laury, R.L., 1980. "Paleoenvironment of a late Quaternary mammoth-bearing sinkhole deposit, Hot Springs, South Dakota." Geological Society of America Bulletin, 91(8), pp.465-475.
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