Mastodon tooth
Fossil
Also called Mastodon molar and Mammut
About it
Molars with rows of tall, cone-shaped cusps for browsing twigs; the name means nipple tooth. Common in Ice Age deposits of the US Midwest, Northeast, and Florida; the American mastodon is Michigan's state fossil.
- Type
- Fossil (vertebrate)
- Group
- Mastodon (mammal)
- Colours
- brown, black, grey, tan
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Neogene, Quaternary
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.