2.1" Mammoth Tooth Cross Section In Riker Display Pleistocene Age Hawthorne FM
Location: United States, Off The Gulf Coast, Florida. Hawthorne Formation
Weight: 5 Ounces with box
Dimensions of Tooth: 2.1 Inches Long, 2 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 is 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 approximately 400,000 years ago in East Asia. Its closest living relative is the Asian elephant. The appearance and behavior of this species 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 between 2.7 and 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) in height and weighed up to 4 metric tons (4.4 short tons). Newborn calves weighed about 90 kilograms (200 lb).
The woolly mammoth was well adapted to the cold environments of the last Ice Age. It had a thick coat with long guard hairs and a shorter undercoat, ranging in color 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 throughout an individual’s life. Their behavior resembled that of modern elephants, using their tusks and trunks for manipulating objects, fighting, and foraging. Woolly mammoths primarily grazed on grasses and sedges and could live up to around 60 years. They inhabited the mammoth steppe, a vast habitat that stretched across northern Eurasia and North America.
