Functional Morphology of the Shoulder Girdle and the Fore- Limbs in Sauropod Dinosaurs under Consideration of 3-d Finite- Element Structure Synthesis (fess)

and would the Society want it. It was transferred to Bismarck in 1948 and fell into obscurity until 1991. The unmineralized bones of the Highgate Mastodon were in remarkably good condition when restoration began in 1991, perhaps because the bones had been “sized” with white glue when collected. The skeleton is 80 to 85% complete. A tusk, left femur, left ulna, tooth, and several foot bones were missing and were fabricated for the restoration. The missing tooth was discovered by Regcraft’s granddaughter in an attic in 2006. Dental analysis indicates that this adult male mastodon was 40-45 years old when it died. The bones show no indication of disease. Several broken ribs on its left side may indicate cause of death, perhaps as a result of combat. A pebble size piece of entombing sediment recovered from a hole in the sternum indicates that the Highgate Mastodon inhabited a boreal forest dominated by spruce, probably between about 12,000 and 10,300 yrs BP.