Week 3 of #maystodon2025 : a partial tusk of the early mastodon Zygolophodon. On Display at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon.

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Week 2 of #maystodon2025 : a forelimb of a Pacific mastodon (Mammut pacificus). This uses to be on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum, California.

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#maystodon #FossilFriday Mastodons from Minooka, IL getting cleaned up for dental microwear sampling

Welcome to #maystodon2025 ! Kicking things off is the Tunica Bayou mastodon. This American mastodon was found in 1959 on Cliffwood Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. On display at the Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

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