Talk:American mastodon

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Single-species vs. genus articles for extinct taxa[edit]

Wikipedia often has articles down to the genus level only for extinct taxa, to avoid creating a lot of stub articles for species that have little unique content. However, in cases of recently extinct mammals where a lot of information is available, such as the American mastodon, single-species articles have a stronger justification. See WikiProject Palaeontology for a discusiion of this. WolfmanSF (talk) 15:58, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, I agree that this species is notable enough, like the woolly mammoth is to "mammoth", M. americanum is almost synonymous with the name "mastodon". FunkMonk (talk) 16:38, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then why was it redirected to the genus? cygnis insignis 17:16, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because it was a stub. It has since been expanded, and has potential, since it is by far the best known species. FunkMonk (talk) 17:19, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mastodons Distribution[edit]

Is there a specific reason the distribution is relegated to the select few places that are mentioned in article. For example "North of Fort Wayne, makes it sound like is the only location in Indiana to have remains, when there are many locations. Fulton County Mastadon Indiana Mastadons

And there are several more. It makes it sound as the Mastadon locations are more rare in these areas than they actually are. Anybody want to fix this? Mastadons are relatively common in the Southern Great Lakes region of Northern Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Augustun84 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]