2.1" Mammoth Tooth Cross Section In Riker Display Pleistocene Age Hawthorne FM

Location: United States, Off The Gulf Coast, Florida. Hawthorne Formation

Weight: 3.3 Ounces with box

Dimensions of Tooth: 2.1 Inches Long, 1.1 Inches Wide, 0.3 Inches Thick

Comes with a Riker Display Box.

The item pictured is the one you will receive. 

Pleistocene Epoch 20 Million Years old.

Trade in raw fossil “Mammoth” ivory is illegal in CA, HI, IL, NJ, NV, and NY 

The Mammoth was a species of prehistoric elephant that lived during the Pleistocene epoch and was one of the last in a long line of mammoth species. It diverged from the steppe mammoth around 400,000 years ago in East Asia. Its closest living relative is the Asian elephant. The appearance and behavior of mammoths are among the best-studied of any prehistoric animal, thanks to the discovery of frozen carcasses in Siberia and Alaska, as well as skeletons, teeth, stomach contents, dung, and depictions in prehistoric cave paintings. Mammoth remains were long known in Asia before they became familiar to Europeans in the 17th century. For centuries, the origin of these remains was debated and often attributed to legendary creatures. In 1796, Georges Cuvier correctly identified the mammoth as an extinct species of elephant.

Mammoths were roughly the same size as modern African elephants. Males reached shoulder heights of 2.7–3.4 meters (8.9–11.2 ft) and weighed up to 6 metric tons (6.6 short tons), while females reached 2.6–2.9 meters (8.5–9.5 ft) and weighed up to 4 metric tons (4.4 short tons). Newborn calves weighed approximately 90 kilograms (200 lb).

The woolly mammoth was well adapted to the cold conditions of the last Ice Age. Its body was covered with thick fur, including an outer layer of long guard hairs and a shorter undercoat, with colors ranging from dark to light. Its ears and tail were short to reduce frostbite and conserve heat. Mammoths had long, curved tusks and four molars, which were replaced six times during their lifetime. Their behavior resembled that of modern elephants; they used their tusks and trunks for manipulating objects, fighting, and foraging. Woolly mammoths primarily fed on grasses and sedges and could live up to about 60 years. Their habitat was the mammoth steppe, a vast region that stretched across northern Eurasia and North America.