Mastodon tooth

[Grumpie]

Found this in sylmar, CA back in 1988.
Approx age 30,000.
Was working on a residential housing project when the backhoe operator dug up the entire jaw the tooth was found later in the day by me.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[Grumpie]

The layer of soil that the mastodon was found in was consistent with the massive flood and sediments that flowed through this area 30,000 yrs ago. A young mastodon that was caught in the flood waters.

 

[Perico]

Very nice. I'm still in search of a whole one. Have many partials.

 

[kcm]

Good thing you held onto it. Nice piece of history.

 

[Digzit2]

Great looking tooth.thanks for shareing.

 

[vpnavy]

Neat - but, kind of gives me the creeps for some reason...

 

[Grumpie]

A trench was being dug from the house out to the street for electric and was about 3' deep. The track of homes was near the base of a mnt bluff. Fragments of the mastodon were scattered in front of the home and left there. No one really seemed to care that much.At the end of the work day I walked over to the trench and kicked a dirt clot and underneath was the tooth, I thru it in my lunch box. The people living there now have no clue there is a buried mastadon in there front yard.