This is a genuine woolly mammoth tooth fossil, specimen #19, a real Ice Age molar from Alaska with good preserved enamel and intact roots. Compact and well-preserved, it is a single, one-of-a-kind specimen that shows the distinctive ridged grinding surface of a true mammoth tooth, and its size makes it an ideal first mammoth fossil or a handsome addition to a collection.
Specimen details:
- Type: Genuine woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) molar fossil
- Age: Pleistocene, Ice Age (tens of thousands of years old)
- Origin: Alaska, USA
- Size: approximately 5.87 inches long by 2.49 inches wide (about 14.9 cm by 6.3 cm)
- Condition: well-preserved, with good enamel and intact roots
Even at this size, the specimen tells the whole story of the mammoth’s remarkable teeth. A mammoth molar is essentially a block of enamel plates cemented together, and the number and spacing of those plates is exactly what palaeontologists use to identify a mammoth and tell it from a mastodon, whose teeth are knobbly rather than ridged. The tightly packed ridges you see on this tooth are the hallmark of a true woolly mammoth, along with the good enamel and intact roots of a genuine, well-kept molar.
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