Anachronisms in the Book of Mormon 1000 years before the Jaredite record in the Book of Mormon begins. The main point of contention is how late these animals were present in the Americas before becoming extinct. Various Mormon authors have cited evidence that North American mound-builder cultures were familiar with the elephant. The oldest mound-builder societies date to around 2000 BC. The mound builder/elephant controversy did not originate with the Book of Mormon. In "The Mound Builders, Their Works and Relics", author Stephen Dennison Peet cites instances of exhumed mastodon remains and arguments given for why the remains were believed to be contemporary with mound builders.
Extinct animals from the Isle of Man and immobilise, any sheep which was pointed out" (W. Walter Gill). The following extract is believed to have been written by a Ms. A. L. J. Gosset; It continues ... It continues ... Manx horses also became extinct c. 1820–1830. Of them Thomas Quayle said, The Manx pig were known to the locals as 'purrs'. They had completely died long before Thomas Quayle wrote this about them; Four species of birds that once bred on the Isle of Man have gone extinct locally, of these the great auk is extinct worldwide. N.B. None of these animals were solely native to