mastodon
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He identified the object as a Pacific mastodon molar, and it was added to the Santa Cruz museum collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
It turned out to be something far rarer, Lundberg said: a large section of tusk from a long-extinct mastodon.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“There are answers out there,” said Joshua Miller, a University of Cincinnati paleoecologist who was not involved in the new study but who has cut open a mastodon tusk in Indiana.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
“Let’s not have any mastodon meat in our icebox,” said Lee.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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