american mastadon

American Mastadon Tooth. Pliestocene Age,approx 1 million years old.



In the pictures above is a partial crown of American Mastadon tooth. Found in Beaufort county SC.

size:      3 3/4 inch long
weight: 1 pound 2 ounces
price:    $50.00
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FULL ROOTED MUSEUM QUALITY MASTODON TOOTH.  MAMMUT AMERICANUM,  EXTINCT PROBESCIDEAN THAT LIVED IN NORTH AMERICA FROM 10,000 TO 3 MILLION YEARS AGO.  THIS TOOTH IS AN EXCELLENT MUSEUM GRADE DISPLAY FOSSIL THAT WAS FOUND MANY YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN IN MY COLLECTION FOR WELL OVER 10 YEARS.  IT WAS FOUND IN FLORIDA,  AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL OAK AND CUSTOM BRASS STAND THAT GOES WITH IT.  THE TOOTH HAD A PRESSURE CRACK IN IT AND WAS REPAIRED BY LEGENDARY FOSSIL PREP ARTIST KAREN CHADWICK.  WHERE  THE CRACK WAS,  IT WAS  GLUED AND HARDENED AND THE CRACK WAS FILLED IN WITH EPOXY AND THEN KAREN DETAILED IT WITH ABSOLUTLEY THE HIGHEST OF HER ABILITY AND IT IS WITHOUT A QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST MASTODON TEETH I HAVE EVER SEEN.   IT EVEN HAS A SMALL PIECE OF THE ROOT ATTACHED TO IT.  THE ROOTS ARE IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION,  AND THE CROWN SEEMS TO BE AS FINE AS IT CAN GET WITH LITTLE WEAR ON THE CUSPS.  OVER ALL DIMENSIONS ;  TOOTH IS 5 1/4 INCHES STANDING ON THE ROOTS,  IT IS 3 5/8 INCHES WIDE AT THE LARGEST CUSP,  AND IT IS ROUGHLY 7 INCHES LONG.  THE TOOTH WEIGHS A LITTLE OVER 4 POUNDS.  

Price: $1,800.00
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