Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Very large American #mastodon tusk from West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. LSU Museum of Natural Science collection. #fossil #paleontology #DailyMastodon #TuskTuesday
#mastodon #fossil #paleontology #dailymastodon #tusktuesday
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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A Pacific #mastodon right astragalus (ankle bone) from Hemet, California. @westernsciencecenter collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Pacific #mastodon lower jaw from Santa Barbara Co., California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History collection. #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #fossilfriday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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A Pacific #mastodon lower 3rd molar, from the Tar Pits at Rancho La Brea. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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American #mastodon right maxilla fragment with the upper 2nd & 3rd molars. Columbia Co. FL, Florida Museum of Natural History collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Ouch! Closeup of a healed injury to my lower jaw. They tell me another #mastodon might have tried to stab me in the face with his tusk. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #mastodonmonday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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An American #mastodon upper right 3rd molar from Cass Co., Nebraska. State Museum of Nebraska collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Lower right 3rd molar from a Pacific #mastodon from Los Angeles. This tooth has an unusual large “cusplet” between the first two lophids, a feature that occurs in <1% of mastodons. Natural History Museum of LA County collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Oblique ventral view of a large American #mastodon skull from Allen Co. Indiana. Only the 3rd molars remain, indicating this was an elderly animal ~60 years old. Natural History Museum of LA County collection. #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #fossilfriday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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An extremely worn American #mastodon molar from West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The roots have mostly been resorbed; this tooth had probably been shed. LSU Museum of Natural Science collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Ribs and vertebrae from an infant American #mastodon from Alachua Co., Florida. Florida Museum of Natural History collection. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #mastodonmonday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Partial right dentary (lower jaw) from a young Pacific #mastodon with the 4th premolar & 1st molar. Kern Co. California, UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
108 followers · 138 posts · Server mstdn.party
Today Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 is at the City of STEM event in Los Angeles! #DailyMastodon #paleontology #scicomm #outreach #museum @westernsciencecenter
#m3 #dailymastodon #paleontology #scicomm #outreach #museum
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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“Blaze”, a partial Pacific #mastodon skull with preserved tusks and upper 2nd molars and, for some strange reason, part of a femur. From Hemet, California, @westernsciencecenter collection. #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #fossilfriday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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American #mastodon lower 2nd molar in occlusal view, from Nichols Co. Kentucky. Cincinnati Museum of Natural History collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
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Dorsal view of an asymmetrical Pacific #mastodon thoracic vertebra. Hemet, California, @westernsciencecenter collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
108 followers · 132 posts · Server mstdn.party
Cross section of the tush of the Angola #mastodon, a female American mastodon from Angola, Louisiana. LSM Museum of Natural Science collection. #DailyMastodon #TuskTuesday #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #tusktuesday #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
108 followers · 131 posts · Server mstdn.party
Left maxilla (upper jaw) from an infant Pacific #mastodon (~2 months old), with the 2nd to 4th premolars (only the back half of the 3rd is preserved), lateral view). From Hemet, California, @westernsciencecenter collection. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #mastodonmonday #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
108 followers · 130 posts · Server mstdn.party
Three views of a Pacific #mastodon lower 2nd molar, found in El Dorado Co. California in 1865. UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology collection. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil
Max Mastodon · @MaxMastodon
107 followers · 129 posts · Server mstdn.party
Skull of the Gumz Farm #Mastodon, an American mastodon on display at the Indiana State Museum. The upper 2nd & 3rd molars are visible. #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil
#mastodon #dailymastodon #paleontology #fossil