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Hi, this is my first time posting as I am new to the forum. I am considering buying a Woolly Mammoth Tusk for Christmas, but I do not know how to know if it is a real or a good quality item. Would you all be able to provide your guidance? It says cracks near the base have been filled with glue. It says it is the tip of a larger tusk. It says it is 23" long, circumference is 8" and weighs 4 pounds. It says the species is Mammuthus Primigenius (woolly mammoth), location Belovo, Kemerovo oblast, southwestern Siberia in Russia, Age 22,000 years old. Also, if you could provide names of good quality honest vendors that sell in the US that would be great.

Dear members of The Fossil Forum, I am busy on the identification of all the fossils in my collection, but some fossils are causing trouble, one of which I will show here. It is 23mm. The name tag says it is an Arctohungarites sp. but in my opinion the umbilicus is too big for Arctohungarites. It looks more like Nordophiceras but I do not know if the fastigate venter is common for that genus. It might very well be neither of these genuses, my knowledge on Siberian ceratites is very limited. The findspot is Northern Siberia, but where exactly is not stated. I know of two sites, Cape Tsvetsov and the Olenek river, does the preservation of this ammonite point at one of these two? The age of the ceratite is said to be Middle Triassic, which means Anisian-Ladinian, although most of the siberian triassic ammonites are Olenekian in age. Apparently Arctohungarites is an Anisian genus, but I am not sure that this ammonite is an Arctohungarites. So my questions are: What Genus and species is this ceratite? Where does it come from? What age is it? Is there anyone who can shed light onto this ceratite and help me? Thanks in advance, Sander

Dinosaur 'kindergarten' found washed up on banks of ancient river, scientists believe, The Siberian Times September 12, 2016 http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0730-dinosaur-kindergarten-found-washed-up-on-banks-of-ancient-river-scientists-believe/ Yours, Paul H.

My latest purchase from a fellow TFF member. Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhino) sacrum from Siberia.

Young Mammoth Likely Butchered by Humans (The carcass of the juvenile "Yuka" may have been cut up, eaten and then buried by ancient people.) by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News, April 04, 2012, http://news.discovery.com/animals/woolly-mammoth-yuka-120404.html http://www.livescience.com/19475-juvenile-mammoth-butchered-humans.html Woolly mammoth carcass may have been cut into by humans by Ben Aviss, BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17525070 Yours, Paul H.