Mammoth Tooth Fossil by CavalierLady
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Description
Jeff (jayfar) posted a picture of some fossil hunters, which sent me digging through last year's emails, as my image folder was deleted. I donated all of my fossils to the local historical museum last year. Mike and I were avid fossil hunters for a number of years and our best one was this mammoth tooth which the museum was quite pleased to receive, saying it might prove to be the largest Mammoth tooth found in Texas. As you can see by the size of the brick, it is quite large, about a foot tall.
It will zoom for better detail. Thanks very much for your views and comments.
Comments (15)
blinkings
WOW that is something ya don't see every day! It was obviously names after the ski resort no doubt. ;)
jayfar
Would love to have found one myself Maria.
When I visited your country I went to a place where a lot of mammoth skeletons had been found in what was millions of years ago a watering hole. They had fallen in when the rim was slippery. I cant remember where in the Mid West it was but it was very fascinating.
CavalierLady
That was probably The Mammoth Site in South Dakota, Jeff. I have been there and took dozens of pics. I was wearing a t-shirt from there on the day I met the curator of the museum and later donated my fossil.
auntietk
How very interesting! All those ridges. Amazing!
X-PaX
Cool finding Maria.
1971s
Nice!
Richardphotos
what a find. great capture also. I hope they gave you a name plaque for displaying it, giving you credit
Cyve
AMAZING !
kenmo
Nice find....
goodoleboy
Very interesting, and well displayed, Helle. By mammoth, do you mean because of its size, or that it's from an elephant of the extinct Mammoth variety, with long curved tusks?
kgb224
Stunning captures Maria. God bless.
durleybeachbum
How astonishing!!
MrsRatbag
If I saw this out in nature I would have no idea that's what it was; incredible! How does one know these things? What a cool object!
virginiese
Now, that's a huge tooth ! Great capture ! I'm glad it belongs to a museum now !
helanker
WOW! It is enormous ! Such a fantastic found. Congratulations, Maria :)
jocko500
wow a big tooth.