Perry Mastodon
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Perry Mastodon is the name for some mastodon
skeletal remains that were discovered along Riford Road in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
. The remains were found on the property of Judge and Mrs. Joseph Sam Perry
, thus inspiring naming the remains after them. The remains can be seen in a recreated state on the campus of Wheaton College
in Wheaton, Illinois
at the Armerding Hall science building.
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. The most legendary occurred on Parents' Day 1975, when a bogus tape recording was inserted in place of the true story of the Mastodon. This prank was written up in the 1976 yearbook, the school newspaper, the Wheaton Daily Journal, and the official history of the college by Paul Bechtel.
Mastodon
Mastodons were large tusked mammal species of the extinct genus Mammut which inhabited Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Central America from the Oligocene through Pleistocene, 33.9 mya to 11,000 years ago. The American mastodon is the most recent and best known species of the group...
skeletal remains that were discovered along Riford Road in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The remains were found on the property of Judge and Mrs. Joseph Sam Perry
Joseph Sam Perry
Joseph Samuel Perry was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.-Early life and education:...
, thus inspiring naming the remains after them. The remains can be seen in a recreated state on the campus of Wheaton College
Wheaton College (Illinois)
Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States...
in Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton, Illinois
Wheaton is an affluent community located in DuPage County, Illinois, approximately west of Chicago and Lake Michigan. Wheaton is the county seat of DuPage County...
at the Armerding Hall science building.
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. The most legendary occurred on Parents' Day 1975, when a bogus tape recording was inserted in place of the true story of the Mastodon. This prank was written up in the 1976 yearbook, the school newspaper, the Wheaton Daily Journal, and the official history of the college by Paul Bechtel.