Mastodon



Family: Mammutidae

Genus: Mammut


American mastodon skeleton.


American mastodon tooth.

American mastodon teeth. Note the heavy wear on left tooth.

American mastodon tooth fragment. Notice the thick enamel line.

Cast of a Gomphothere (Cuvieronius tropicus) tooth. Gomphs were elephant-like animals with upper and lower tusks.







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