Mammuthus columbi, Mammoth tooth

Description:

An upper right, hindermost molar, rM3, from a Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi), that was collected from phosphate dredgings. A specific locality is not noted.

• Site: SC; Various Phosphate Beds
• Site Number: NH18A
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Quaternary
• Epoch: Pleistocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Proboscidea
• Family: Elephantidae
• Genus: Mammuthus
• Species: Mammuthus columbi

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Proboscideans
• Object Id: PV7805

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