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Mammoth or elephant ivory?


Darko

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Hi guys! 

I've hot this from my friend from South Africa,bit i'm not sure if this is from a Mammoth (Mammuthus subplanifrons) or from a elephant.

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It's clear that it belongs to a proboscidean, but the angles between the Schreger lines exceed 120 degrees (if I measure correctly) which rule out the possibility of a mammoth tusk. It might be from an elephant like Loxodonta africana.

 

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