5.8" Polished Mammoth Molar Section - South Carolina

This is an interesting, 5.8" wide section of a Columbia Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) molar collected from a river in South Carolina. Two surfaces (front/back) have been polished to a glossy finish, revealing the unique inner detail of the tooth. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

While finding complete mammoth molars in these rivers are rare, finding fragmented or partial molars are much more common. They are collected by divers who are searching primarily for Megalodon shark teeth that have eroded our of the rocks and can be found along the river bottoms.

The Columbian mammoth was one of the last members of the North American megafauna to go extinct: its date of extinction generally is set at approximately 12,500 years ago. The Columbian mammoth was a savanna and grassland inhabitant, similar to the modern African elephant. Large males grew to about 13 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed up to 7 tons, with tusks that could grow as long as the mammoths were tall.
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SPECIES
Mammuthus columbi
LOCATION
South Carolina
SIZE
5.8 x 4.1", up to .9" thick
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#164922
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