Name/Title
Mammath (tooth)Entry/Object ID
78.57.208Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Genus: Mammuthus
Common Name: Mammoth (tooth)
Age: Pleistocene
Location: North America
Description: One large tooth with good detail. Brown and black coloring.
Physical Characteristics:
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, proboscideans commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. They lived from the Pliocene epoch from around 5 million years ago, into the Holocene at about 4,500 years ago.[1][2] and were members of the family Elephantidae, which contains, along with mammoths, the two genera of modern elephants and their ancestors.
Fracture: Conchoidal
Genus: Mammuthus
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Order: Proboscidea
Phylum: Chordata
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: whiteCollection
Fossil CollectionAcquisition
Accession
78.57Source or Donor
Delmar Smith Fossil CollectionAcquisition Method
DonationLocation
Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
Right, RightWall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
May 29, 2012Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Bottom ShelfShelf
LeftCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
