{"id":1262,"date":"2024-07-23T15:58:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/wordpress\/?page_id=1262"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:23:38","slug":"mammuthus-meridionalis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/mammuthus-meridionalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Abruzzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1262\" class=\"elementor elementor-1262\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05afc0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05afc0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e30695 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7e30695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03af0dd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03af0dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mammuthus-no-sfondo-e1746463701432-300x275.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3545\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mammuthus-no-sfondo-e1746463701432-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mammuthus-no-sfondo-e1746463701432-200x184.png 200w, https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mammuthus-no-sfondo-e1746463701432.png 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f19a657 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f19a657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mammuthus meridionalis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e98f606 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e98f606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mammoth skeleton<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccf665f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccf665f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PALE5309-2.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTc0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA4XC9QQUxFNTMwOS0yLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PALE5309-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1743\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c60b69f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c60b69f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecbc82 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ecbc82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb9864 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5cb9864\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d657927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d657927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9811f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9811f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The skeleton of <em>Mammuthus meridionalis<\/em> was discovered in <strong>1954<\/strong> in a clay quarry near Madonna della Strada, in the municipality of Scoppito (Aquila), and was subsequently recovered and restored by the Institute of Palaeontology at the University of Rome \u201cLa Sapienza.\u201d<\/p><p>The specimen, which has only its <strong>right tusk<\/strong>, was reassembled in 1960 and displayed in the eastern bastion of the <strong>16th-century castle in L'Aquila<\/strong> where it remains to this day.  The most recent restoration work, carried out between 2013 and 2015 following the 2009 earthquake, enabled the determination of the skull\u2019s actual morphology, which had been completely reconstructed on the right side due to damage sustained during recovery, and to clarify its taxonomic position.<\/p><p>A further discovery on the skull made this specimen<strong> unique<\/strong>: at the site of the missing tusk\u2019s alveolus, hidden beneath an extensive layer of restorative material, was a deep erosion of the bone, likely caused by an <strong>infection<\/strong> that led to the loss of the tusk while the specimen was still alive. The presence of regenerated bone tissue confirmed that the specimen <strong>had survived<\/strong> the traumatic event and the resulting pathology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac28739 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac28739\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb59aef elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"bb59aef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;expanded&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1960\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e31a8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e31a8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1960\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-864e40a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"864e40a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8878b06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8878b06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecab24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cecab24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kingdom: Animalia<\/p><p>Phylum: Chordata<\/p><p>Class: Mammalia<\/p><p>Order: Proboscidea<\/p><p>Family: Elephantidae<\/p><p>Genus: \u2020<em>Mammuthus<\/em><\/p><p>Species: \u2020<em>Mammuthus meridionalis<br \/><\/em>Nesti, 1825<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1960\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de6395 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7de6395\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d95a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d95a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mammuth.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2454\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844a73f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"844a73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Modified from <strong data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"263\">\u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d<\/strong> evidence for the reconstruction of <em data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"277\">FunkMonk<\/em>, <em data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"301\">Wikimedia Commons<\/em>,<br data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"377\" \/>licensed under <strong data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"403\">CC BY\u2011SA 3.0<\/strong> (<a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"452\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-1961\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-1961\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Geologic Time Scale <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1961\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3884f5 e-con-full 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The right tusk of the specimen is a cast; the original, due to its great weight, has been placed on the floor in front of it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8e946 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"5d8e946\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Carosello d&#039;immagini\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 di 2\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5d8e946\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA5XC9QQUxFNTMwOC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1ZDhlOTQ2In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PALE5308.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PALE5308.jpg\" alt=\"Particolare del lato destro del cranio, completamente ricostruito. L\u2019asportazione di circa 4-5 cm di impastosoprammesso ha richiesto la successiva modellazione della fossa nucale, eseguita secondo la morfologiapresente nei crani di eseplari conspecifici ritrovati nel Valdarno.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Detail of the right side of the skull, which has been completely reconstructed. The removal of approximately 4\u20135 cm of overlying material\nrequired subsequent modelling of the nuchal fossa, carried out in accordance with the morphology\nobserved in the skulls of conspecific specimens from the Valdarno.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 di 2\"><a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5d8e946\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI4OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zvc3NpbGlyZWdpb25hbGkuaXRcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA5XC9jcmFuaW8tc2luaXN0cmEtbHVjZS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1ZDhlOTQ2In0%3D\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cranio-sinistra-luce.jpg\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cranio-sinistra-luce.jpg\" alt=\"Particolare del lato sinistro del cranio. Evidente \u00e8 l&#039;assenza della zanna,a causa di un&#039;infezione settica, con conseguente caduta e rimarginamento in vita della ferita.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Close-up of the left side of the skull. The absence of a canine tooth is evident, due to a septic infection, which led to its loss and the healing of the wound during the animal\u2019s lifetime.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg 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size-large wp-image-2289\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b97b96d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b97b96d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Close-up of the right front paw.<\/p><p>The <em>Mammuthus<\/em>, like other proboscideans, is a <strong>digitigrade mammal.<\/strong>\u00a0However, due to their great weight, elephants have a fleshy pad behind their phalanges that increases the contact surface and helps distribute their weight more effectively onto the ground.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b507435 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b507435\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paleoart corner<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db7ef6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db7ef6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb90b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"cb90b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mammut_video-mod.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1b773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c1b773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paleoartistic reconstruction of the skeleton in anatomical position and the possible appearance of <em>Mammuthus meridionalis<\/em>when alive, along with the paleoenvironment of the time.<\/p><p>Video produced by Fabio Manucci under the supervision of Dr. Maria Rita Copersino.<\/p><p>Courtesy of the Ministero della Cultura \u2013 Segretariato Regionale per l\u2019Abruzzo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Annuario delle Istituzioni d\u2019Alta Cultura dell\u2019Aquila, 2: 124-128.<\/li><li>Maccagno A.M. (1962). L\u2019Elephas meridionalis Nesti di Contrada \u201cMadonna della Strada\u201d,<br \/>Scoppito (L\u2019Aquila). Atti dell\u2019Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, Napoli, 4: 1-129.<\/li><li>Magri D., Di Rita F. &amp; Palombo M.R. (2010). An Early Pleistocene interglacial record from an<br \/>intermontane basin of central Italy (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila). Quaternary International, 225: 106-113.<\/li><li>Romano M., Antonelli M., Palombo M.R., Rossi M.A. &amp; Agostini S. (In press). Drone testing for 3D<br \/>reconstruction of massive mounted skeletons in museums: the case of Mammuthus meridionalis<br \/>(Nesti 1825) from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila, Italy). Historical Biology.<\/li><li>Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Palombo M.R., Angelini I., Caramiello S., Casarin F., Ghezzo E., Marano F.,<br \/>Molin G., Reggiani P., Sangati C., Santello L., Socrate G. &amp; Vinciguerra E. (2017) The Mammuthus<br \/>meridionalis from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila): diagnostics and restoration.<br \/>Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Paleontologica Italiana, 56: 359-373.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8044d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8044d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Credits and acknowledgments<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c57fd81 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c57fd81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b087ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b087ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Federica Zalabra, director of the National Museum of Abruzzo, and Dr. Annalisa Scimia for sharing the multimedia material used on this page.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reproduction, distribution, or any other use is prohibited without prior authorization from the rights holders.<\/span><\/p><p>We would also like to thank Dr. Maria Rita Copersino and Dr. Matteo Pisi of the Regional Secretariat for Abruzzo for their support and cooperation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mammuthus meridionalis Scheletro di mammut Descrizione Lo scheletro di Mammuthus meridionalis fu scoperto nel 1954 in una cava di argilla presso Madonna della Strada, nel comune di Scoppito (Aquila), e successivamente recuperato e restaurato dall\u2019Istituto di Paleontologia dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Roma &#8220;La Sapienza&#8221;. L\u2019esemplare, che presenta la sola zanna destra, fu rimontato 1960 ed esposto nel bastione est del Castello cinquecentesco dell\u2019Aquila, dove si trova tuttora. L\u2019ultimo intervento di restauro, effettuato tra il 2013 e il 2015 in seguito al sisma del 2009, ha permesso di chiarire la reale morfologia del cranio, completamente ricostruito sul lato destro a causa dei danni subiti durante il recupero, e di fare chiarezza sulla posizione tassonomica. Un\u2019ulteriore scoperta sul cranio ha reso l\u2019esemplare unico: in corrispondenza dell\u2019alveolo della zanna mancante si nascondeva, sotto un\u2019estesa stuccatura di restauro, una profonda erosione dell\u2019osso, verosimilmente dovuta a un\u2019infezione che ha causato la perdita della zanna quando l\u2019esemplare era ancora in vita. La presenza di tessuto osseo di rigenerazione ha confermato che l\u2019esemplare era sopravvissuto all\u2019evento traumatico e alla patologia conseguente. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Luogo di ritrovamento Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Luogo di esposizione Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Il-Mammut-Del-Castello.mp4 Video di presentazione dell&#8217;esposizione sul Mammuthus meridionalis del Forte spagnolo. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura \u2013 Museo Nazionale d\u2019Abruzzo \u2013L\u2019Aquila In alto, varie viste dell&#8217;esemplare all&#8217;interno dello spazio espositivo del Forte Spagnolo dell&#8217;Aquila. La zanna destra del reperto \u00e8 un calco; l&#8217;originale, dato il gran peso, \u00e8 stata posta a terra di fronte a esso. Particolare del lato destro del cranio, completamente ricostruito. L\u2019asportazione di circa 4-5 cm di impasto soprammesso ha richiesto la successiva modellazione della fossa nucale, eseguita secondo la morfologia presente nei crani di eseplari conspecifici ritrovati nel Valdarno. Particolare del lato sinistro del cranio. Evidente \u00e8 l&#8217;assenza della zanna,a causa di un&#8217;infezione settica, con conseguente caduta e rimarginamento in vita della ferita. Dettaglio della zampa anteriore destra. Il Mammuthus, come gli altri proboscidati \u00e8 un mammifero digitigrado.\u00a0Dato il grande peso per\u00f2, negli elefanti \u00e8 presente un cuscinetto carnoso dietro alle falangi che aumenta la superficie di appoggio e aiuta a scaricare meglio il peso a terra. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte http:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mammut_video-mod.mp4 Ricostruzione paleoartistica dello scheletro in connessione anatomica e del possibile aspetto in vita di Mammuthus meridionalis, assieme al paleoambiente dell&#8217;epoca. Video realizzato da Fabio Manucci con la supervisione della Dottoressa Maria Rita Copersino. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura &#8211; Segretariato Regionale per l\u2019Abruzzo. Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Agostini S., Rossi M.A. &amp; Tallini M. (2014). Geologia e paleontologia del Quaternario nel territorioaquilano. Collection de l\u2019Ecole Francaise de Rome, 494: 7 -19. Ambrosetti P., Azzaroli A., Bonadonna F.P. &amp; Follieri M. (1972). A scheme of Pleistocenechronology for the Thyrrhenian side of central Italy. Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Geologica Italiana,91: 169-184. Azzaroli A. (1977). Evolutionary patterns of Villafranchian elephants in Central Italy. Attidell\u2019Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Memorie Classe Scienze Fisiche, 14: 149\u2013168 Della Salda L., Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Cuomo A., Palombo M.R. &amp; Fornaciari G. (2015).Paleopathological study of Mammuthus meridionalis of Madonna della Strada (Scoppito,L\u2019Aquila). Patologica, 107: 215-216. Maccagno A.M. (1958). Relazione sulla tecnica di scavo, restauro e montaggio dell\u2019elefantefossile rinvenuto presso l\u2019Aquila. Annuario delle Istituzioni d\u2019Alta Cultura dell\u2019Aquila, 2: 124-128. Maccagno A.M. (1962). L\u2019Elephas meridionalis Nesti di Contrada \u201cMadonna della Strada\u201d,Scoppito (L\u2019Aquila). Atti dell\u2019Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, Napoli, 4: 1-129. Magri D., Di Rita F. &amp; Palombo M.R. (2010). An Early Pleistocene interglacial record from anintermontane basin of central Italy (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila). Quaternary International, 225: 106-113. Romano M., Antonelli M., Palombo M.R., Rossi M.A. &amp; Agostini S. (In press). Drone testing for 3Dreconstruction of massive mounted skeletons in museums: the case of Mammuthus meridionalis(Nesti 1825) from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila, Italy). Historical Biology. Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Palombo M.R., Angelini I., Caramiello S., Casarin F., Ghezzo E., Marano F.,Molin G., Reggiani P., Sangati C., Santello L., Socrate G. &amp; Vinciguerra E. (2017) The Mammuthusmeridionalis from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila): diagnostics and restoration.Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Paleontologica Italiana, 56: 359-373. Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va alla Dottoressa Federica Zalabra, direttrice del Museo Nazionale D\u2019Abruzzo e alla Dottoressa Annalisa Scimia. \u00c8 vietata la riproduzione, la distribuzione e qualsiasi altro utilizzo senza preventiva autorizzazione dei titolari dei diritti. Grazie anche alla Dottoressa Maria Rita Copersino e al Dottor Matteo Pisi del Segretariato regionale per l&#8217;Abruzzo per il sostegno e la collaborazione.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abruzzo - Fossili Regionali<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/mammuthus-meridionalis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abruzzo - Fossili Regionali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mammuthus meridionalis Scheletro di mammut Descrizione Lo scheletro di Mammuthus meridionalis fu scoperto nel 1954 in una cava di argilla presso Madonna della Strada, nel comune di Scoppito (Aquila), e successivamente recuperato e restaurato dall\u2019Istituto di Paleontologia dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Roma &#8220;La Sapienza&#8221;. L\u2019esemplare, che presenta la sola zanna destra, fu rimontato 1960 ed esposto nel bastione est del Castello cinquecentesco dell\u2019Aquila, dove si trova tuttora. L\u2019ultimo intervento di restauro, effettuato tra il 2013 e il 2015 in seguito al sisma del 2009, ha permesso di chiarire la reale morfologia del cranio, completamente ricostruito sul lato destro a causa dei danni subiti durante il recupero, e di fare chiarezza sulla posizione tassonomica. Un\u2019ulteriore scoperta sul cranio ha reso l\u2019esemplare unico: in corrispondenza dell\u2019alveolo della zanna mancante si nascondeva, sotto un\u2019estesa stuccatura di restauro, una profonda erosione dell\u2019osso, verosimilmente dovuta a un\u2019infezione che ha causato la perdita della zanna quando l\u2019esemplare era ancora in vita. La presenza di tessuto osseo di rigenerazione ha confermato che l\u2019esemplare era sopravvissuto all\u2019evento traumatico e alla patologia conseguente. Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Luogo di ritrovamento Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Luogo di esposizione Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Il-Mammut-Del-Castello.mp4 Video di presentazione dell&#8217;esposizione sul Mammuthus meridionalis del Forte spagnolo. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura \u2013 Museo Nazionale d\u2019Abruzzo \u2013L\u2019Aquila In alto, varie viste dell&#8217;esemplare all&#8217;interno dello spazio espositivo del Forte Spagnolo dell&#8217;Aquila. La zanna destra del reperto \u00e8 un calco; l&#8217;originale, dato il gran peso, \u00e8 stata posta a terra di fronte a esso. Particolare del lato destro del cranio, completamente ricostruito. L\u2019asportazione di circa 4-5 cm di impasto soprammesso ha richiesto la successiva modellazione della fossa nucale, eseguita secondo la morfologia presente nei crani di eseplari conspecifici ritrovati nel Valdarno. Particolare del lato sinistro del cranio. Evidente \u00e8 l&#8217;assenza della zanna,a causa di un&#8217;infezione settica, con conseguente caduta e rimarginamento in vita della ferita. Dettaglio della zampa anteriore destra. Il Mammuthus, come gli altri proboscidati \u00e8 un mammifero digitigrado.\u00a0Dato il grande peso per\u00f2, negli elefanti \u00e8 presente un cuscinetto carnoso dietro alle falangi che aumenta la superficie di appoggio e aiuta a scaricare meglio il peso a terra. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte http:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mammut_video-mod.mp4 Ricostruzione paleoartistica dello scheletro in connessione anatomica e del possibile aspetto in vita di Mammuthus meridionalis, assieme al paleoambiente dell&#8217;epoca. Video realizzato da Fabio Manucci con la supervisione della Dottoressa Maria Rita Copersino. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura &#8211; Segretariato Regionale per l\u2019Abruzzo. Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Agostini S., Rossi M.A. &amp; Tallini M. (2014). Geologia e paleontologia del Quaternario nel territorioaquilano. Collection de l\u2019Ecole Francaise de Rome, 494: 7 -19. Ambrosetti P., Azzaroli A., Bonadonna F.P. &amp; Follieri M. (1972). A scheme of Pleistocenechronology for the Thyrrhenian side of central Italy. Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Geologica Italiana,91: 169-184. Azzaroli A. (1977). Evolutionary patterns of Villafranchian elephants in Central Italy. Attidell\u2019Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Memorie Classe Scienze Fisiche, 14: 149\u2013168 Della Salda L., Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Cuomo A., Palombo M.R. &amp; Fornaciari G. (2015).Paleopathological study of Mammuthus meridionalis of Madonna della Strada (Scoppito,L\u2019Aquila). Patologica, 107: 215-216. Maccagno A.M. (1958). Relazione sulla tecnica di scavo, restauro e montaggio dell\u2019elefantefossile rinvenuto presso l\u2019Aquila. Annuario delle Istituzioni d\u2019Alta Cultura dell\u2019Aquila, 2: 124-128. Maccagno A.M. (1962). L\u2019Elephas meridionalis Nesti di Contrada \u201cMadonna della Strada\u201d,Scoppito (L\u2019Aquila). Atti dell\u2019Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, Napoli, 4: 1-129. Magri D., Di Rita F. &amp; Palombo M.R. (2010). An Early Pleistocene interglacial record from anintermontane basin of central Italy (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila). Quaternary International, 225: 106-113. Romano M., Antonelli M., Palombo M.R., Rossi M.A. &amp; Agostini S. (In press). Drone testing for 3Dreconstruction of massive mounted skeletons in museums: the case of Mammuthus meridionalis(Nesti 1825) from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila, Italy). Historical Biology. Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Palombo M.R., Angelini I., Caramiello S., Casarin F., Ghezzo E., Marano F.,Molin G., Reggiani P., Sangati C., Santello L., Socrate G. &amp; Vinciguerra E. (2017) The Mammuthusmeridionalis from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila): diagnostics and restoration.Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Paleontologica Italiana, 56: 359-373. Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va alla Dottoressa Federica Zalabra, direttrice del Museo Nazionale D\u2019Abruzzo e alla Dottoressa Annalisa Scimia. \u00c8 vietata la riproduzione, la distribuzione e qualsiasi altro utilizzo senza preventiva autorizzazione dei titolari dei diritti. 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Classificazione e confronto dimensionale Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). Scala del Tempo Geologico ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Luogo di ritrovamento Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Luogo di esposizione Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Regno: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Classe: Mammalia Ordine: Proboscidea Famiglia: Elephantidae Genere: \u2020Mammuthus Specie: \u2020Mammuthus meridionalisNesti, 1825 Modificata da \u201cMammuthus Size comparison.png\u201d di FunkMonk, Wikimedia Commons,licenza CC BY\u2011SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/). ERA: Cenozoico PERIODO: Neogene EPOCA: Pleistocene ET\u00c0: Calabriano (1.8-0.78 Ma) Esplora la Scala del Tempo Geologico completa Madonna della Strada, Scoppito (AQ) Museo Nazionale d&#8217;Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L\u2019Aquila Visita il sito del Museo Galleria https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Il-Mammut-Del-Castello.mp4 Video di presentazione dell&#8217;esposizione sul Mammuthus meridionalis del Forte spagnolo. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura \u2013 Museo Nazionale d\u2019Abruzzo \u2013L\u2019Aquila In alto, varie viste dell&#8217;esemplare all&#8217;interno dello spazio espositivo del Forte Spagnolo dell&#8217;Aquila. La zanna destra del reperto \u00e8 un calco; l&#8217;originale, dato il gran peso, \u00e8 stata posta a terra di fronte a esso. Particolare del lato destro del cranio, completamente ricostruito. L\u2019asportazione di circa 4-5 cm di impasto soprammesso ha richiesto la successiva modellazione della fossa nucale, eseguita secondo la morfologia presente nei crani di eseplari conspecifici ritrovati nel Valdarno. Particolare del lato sinistro del cranio. Evidente \u00e8 l&#8217;assenza della zanna,a causa di un&#8217;infezione settica, con conseguente caduta e rimarginamento in vita della ferita. Dettaglio della zampa anteriore destra. Il Mammuthus, come gli altri proboscidati \u00e8 un mammifero digitigrado.\u00a0Dato il grande peso per\u00f2, negli elefanti \u00e8 presente un cuscinetto carnoso dietro alle falangi che aumenta la superficie di appoggio e aiuta a scaricare meglio il peso a terra. L&#8217;angolo della paleoarte http:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mammut_video-mod.mp4 Ricostruzione paleoartistica dello scheletro in connessione anatomica e del possibile aspetto in vita di Mammuthus meridionalis, assieme al paleoambiente dell&#8217;epoca. Video realizzato da Fabio Manucci con la supervisione della Dottoressa Maria Rita Copersino. Su gentile concessione del Ministero della Cultura &#8211; Segretariato Regionale per l\u2019Abruzzo. Per saperne di pi\u00f9: Agostini S., Rossi M.A. &amp; Tallini M. (2014). Geologia e paleontologia del Quaternario nel territorioaquilano. Collection de l\u2019Ecole Francaise de Rome, 494: 7 -19. Ambrosetti P., Azzaroli A., Bonadonna F.P. &amp; Follieri M. (1972). A scheme of Pleistocenechronology for the Thyrrhenian side of central Italy. Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Geologica Italiana,91: 169-184. Azzaroli A. (1977). Evolutionary patterns of Villafranchian elephants in Central Italy. Attidell\u2019Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Memorie Classe Scienze Fisiche, 14: 149\u2013168 Della Salda L., Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Cuomo A., Palombo M.R. &amp; Fornaciari G. (2015).Paleopathological study of Mammuthus meridionalis of Madonna della Strada (Scoppito,L\u2019Aquila). Patologica, 107: 215-216. 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Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Palombo M.R., Angelini I., Caramiello S., Casarin F., Ghezzo E., Marano F.,Molin G., Reggiani P., Sangati C., Santello L., Socrate G. &amp; Vinciguerra E. (2017) The Mammuthusmeridionalis from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L\u2019Aquila): diagnostics and restoration.Bollettino della Societ\u00e0 Paleontologica Italiana, 56: 359-373. Crediti e ringraziamenti Un sentito ringraziamento per la condivisione del materiale multimediale utilizzato in questa pagina va alla Dottoressa Federica Zalabra, direttrice del Museo Nazionale D\u2019Abruzzo e alla Dottoressa Annalisa Scimia. \u00c8 vietata la riproduzione, la distribuzione e qualsiasi altro utilizzo senza preventiva autorizzazione dei titolari dei diritti. 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