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The mastodon inspired some Wheaton College alumni to submit Mastodons as a suggestion for the school's mascot when the school was seeking to change its mascot. Perry Mastodon also inspired a song called Perry, the Mastodon by college campus band, The Two Twangs. The mastodon has been the victim of many pranks over the years.
Wheaton rejected other suggestions for a new mascot name, including the Mastodons — a reference to Perry Mastodon, which is a mastodon skeleton that was excavated nearby and is now on display on the college campus in the brand new science building. While still known by the nickname "Thunder", in 2010, the college officially changed its mascot ...
Fryxell Geology Museum at Augustana College: Rock Island [20] Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County Libertyville [21] Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago [22] Illinois State Museum: Springfield [23] Phillips Park (Visitor Center and Mastodon Gallery) Aurora [24] Wheaton College: Wheaton: Perry Mastodon [25]
The bone was taken to a geologist at Wheaton College in nearby Wheaton, who judged it to be the fossilized bone of a prehistoric mastodon that became extinct more than 8,000 years ago. Diggers uncovered more bones, and Perry then gave Wheaton College permission to excavate the site.
American mastodon ("Perry mastodon") skeleton with silhouette in back including the trunk, Wheaton College (Illinois) American mastodons may have lived in herds, and it is possible that they were smaller than mammoth herds on average. [ 127 ]
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Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary . The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a college charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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