Bandera in Bandera County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Mastodon

Photographed by James Hulse, November 19, 2021

1. Mastodon Marker

Inscription.

Size: 8 to 10 feet tall
Weight: 8,000 to 12,000 pounds
Diet: Herbivore
Habitat: North and Central America
Period: 33.9 Million years to 11,000 years ago

Erected by Bandera Natural History Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Paleontology.

Location. 29° 43.858′ N, 99° 4.054′ W. Marker is in Bandera, Texas, in Bandera County. It can be reached from Old San Antonio Road 0.1 miles north of State Highway 16. The marker is located on the grounds of the Bandera Natural History Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 267 Old San Antonio Road, Bandera TX 78003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hill Country

and in the San Antonio Metropolitan Area.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker: Stegosaurus (a few steps from this marker); Dilophosaurus (within shouting distance of this marker); Smilodon (within shouting distance of this marker); Deinonychus (within shouting distance of this marker); Torosaurus (within shouting distance of this marker); Gastornis (within shouting distance of this marker); Indricotherium (within shouting distance of this marker); Pachycephalosaurus (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bandera.

Regarding Mastodon. There is a entrance fee to visit the Bandera Natural History Museum which allows you to walk through the dinosaur exhibits and markers.

Also see . . . Mastodon.

A mastodon (mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is any proboscidean belonging to the extinct genus Mammut (family Mammutidae) that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Mastodons lived in herds and were predominantly forest-dwelling animals. They survived on a mixed diet and obtained food by browsing and
Photographed by James Hulse, November 19, 2021

2. The Mastodon and Marker along the trail
grazing, somewhat similar to modern elephants, but probably with greater emphasis on browsing. Source: Wikipedia

(Submitted on January 3, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Public Domain - Charles Willson Peale, circa 1806

3. Mastodon

Exhuming the First American Mastodon, 1806 painting by Charles Willson Peale

Credits. This page was last revised on January 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 3, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 3, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.