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Name:
Mammuthus primigenius
Age: Pleistocene
Formation: Ice Age Permafrost
Location: Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
Size: Tooth is 2.3 inches across the top
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This is an unusual Mammoth fossil. It is the right half of a lower jaw from the Wooly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius. This specimen was found in the same area that was featured in the Discovery Channel special, "Raising the Mammoth". The unusual feature of this jaw is that it is from a baby! The tooth measures only 2.3 inches from front to back and the full jaw would only have been about the size of a dinner plate! The jaw has a complete tooth intact and tightly rooted in the jaw. This is a rare find of a baby Mammoth fossil from near the Arctic Circle.
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