#dailymastodon — Public Fediverse posts

Ouch! Closeup of a healed injury to my lower jaw. They tell me another #mastodon might have tried to stab me in the face with his tusk. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Ribs and vertebrae from an infant American #mastodon from Alachua Co., Florida. Florida Museum of Natural History collection. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Left maxilla (upper jaw) from an infant Pacific #mastodon (~2 months old), with the 2nd to 4th premolars (only the back half of the 3rd is preserved), lateral view). From Hemet, California, @westernsciencecenter collection. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Pacific #mastodon lower 3rd molar (3 views), discovered during gold mining in Tuolumne Co. California in 1861. UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology collection. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Six views of the humerus of the Angola #mastodon, an adult female American mastodon from Angola, Louisiana. LSU Museum of Natural Science collection. I led the team that excavated this specimen at the LA State Penitentiary in 1994. #MastodonMonday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

American #mastodon skeleton on display at the Field Museum in Chicago. #DailyMastodon #MastodonMonday #paleontology #fossil

First rib from an American #mastodon from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU Museum of Natural Science collection. #DailyMastodon #MastodonMonday #paleontology #fossil

“Braces”, a partial Pacific #mastodon skull from Hemet, California. Braces was a male mastodon in his early 40s, & his name refers to the unusual wear pattern on his teeth. #DailyMastodon #MastodonMonday #paleontology #fossil

Taking measurements on the Simi Valley #Mastodon, a Pacific mastodon on exhibit #NHMLA. Humans are @AltonDooley and Brett Dooley from @westernsciencecenter. Don’t do this without permission from the museum! #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Taking measurements on the Simi Valley #Mastodon, a Pacific mastodon on exhibit #NHMLA. Humans are @AltonDooley and Brett Dooley from @westernsciencecenter. Don’t do this without permission from the museum! #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Taking measurements on the Simi Valley #Mastodon, a Pacific mastodon on exhibit #NHMLA. Humans are @AltonDooley and Brett Dooley from @westernsciencecenter. Don’t do this without permission from the museum! #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Taking measurements on the Simi Valley #Mastodon, a Pacific mastodon on exhibit #NHMLA. Humans are @AltonDooley and Brett Dooley from @westernsciencecenter. Don’t do this without permission from the museum! #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Taking measurements on the Simi Valley #Mastodon, a Pacific mastodon on exhibit #NHMLA. Humans are @AltonDooley and Brett Dooley from @westernsciencecenter. Don’t do this without permission from the museum! #FossilFriday #DailyMastodon #paleontology #fossil

Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology

Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology

Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology

Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology

Today’s #DailyMastodon is a partial Pacific #Mastodon tusk, found in West Hollywood in 2012. Housed at #NHMLA. Brett Dooley from #WesternScienceCenter for scale. #paleontology