Mammoth Tooth

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Mammoth Tooth - click image to enlargeClick Image to EnlargeMammoths are an extinct relative of the elephant that lived in the Ice Age.

Mammoths lived in the Ice Age and are extinct relatives of the elephant

This mammoth tooth was found at St Fort gravel quarry, Leuchars, Fife, but it may have been carried there by moving ice. It is the tooth of a young mammoth aged around 5 years old. At this age the mammoth would still have been living with its family group.

Museum number: 1973-636-9xx

Species name: Mammuthus primigenius

Field collection: St Fort quarry, Fife

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