Mammoth tooth
Fossil
Also called Mammoth molar and Mammuthus
About it
Flat grinding molars built of many thin enamel plates in rows like a washboard, unlike a mastodon's knobby cusps. Dredged from the North Sea and found in Alaska, Siberia, and Florida; vertebrates on US federal land need a permit.
- Type
- Fossil (vertebrate)
- Group
- Mammoth (mammal)
- Colours
- brown, black, grey, tan, cream
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Quaternary
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.