MikeR Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 This past Saturday I displayed some fish/shark fossils at the Go Fish Educational Center in Perry, Georgia. In addition to my display was one from the Geology Curator at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon. He showed me a tusk that was given to him from a local whose father used it to carve ivory figurines and was curious as to whether it is mammoth or mastodon. I know that it can be determined by a cross view, but I wasn't sure that it could be from a cut end section. Vertebrate paleontology is not my forte, but I was hoping someone here on the forum could tell. There is no collection data so we don't have the slightest idea where it originated. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks Mike 2 "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) The schreger lines show up when zooming into the second pic. If I’m not mistaken the angles appear more consistent with mammoth. Let’s see if others see it the same way…..beautiful tusk! Edited January 16, 2022 by garyc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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