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Giant Mastodon Tooth Unearthed Near San Francisco
12+ hour, 55+ min ago (266+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught... Giant Mastodon Tooth Unearthed Near San Francisco Brigid Lynch was…...
Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
1+ day, 45+ min ago (357+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth…...
Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area – WTOP News
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (357+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth…...
Anemone, Sponge, Megalodon Tooth
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (48+ words) oceanexplorer.noaa.gov LIVE VIDEO: The 2026 American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration expedition is underway. Watch live dives to explore deep-sea habitats of American Samoa. NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2026 American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration Download largest version (jpg, 590.9 KB) Stay connected to…...
10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in Midpen preserve
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (18+ words) USA Today 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in Midpen preserve...
An 'immaculate' molar: Fossilized mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County creek bed
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (80+ words) An ‘immaculate’ molar: Fossilized mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County creek bed Local News Matters A fossil of an intact molar belonging to a Pacific mastodon, a tusked mammal that went extinct almost 12,000 years ago, was recently discovered in…...
San Mateo Co.: 10,000-Year-Old Fossilized Mastodon Tooth Found In Creek Bed
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (34+ words) A fossil of an intact molar belonging to a Pacific mastodon, a tusked mammal that went extinct almost 12,000 years ago, was recently discovered in a dry creek bed in San Mateo County....
‘Spectacular’ fossilized mastodon tooth found in San Mateo County preserve
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (363+ words) A molar from an ancient Pacific mastodon was discovered in a San Mateo County open-space preserve during fieldwork for a habitat restoration project, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District announced Sept. 9. The fossil is estimated to be 10,000 years old. “It’s…...
Mastodon Tooth Found in San Mateo County Creek Bed
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (230+ words) A fossilized Pacific mastodon tooth turned up this summer in a creek bed in San Mateo County. According to the San Mateo Daily Journal, a fossilized tooth was found in a creek bed in San Mateo County. Paleontologist Wayne Thompson…...
Seeking the tooth -
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1139+ words) NEW ULM -- A mammoth molar recovered west of New Ulm in 1929 has been located in a paleontological collection transferred from the Bell Museum of Natural History to the Science Museum of Minnesota. The discovery closes a nearly eight-decade gap in…...