Week 4 of #maystodon2025 : a skull of a Pacific mastodon known as the "Old Man" because it came from an aged male. The arrow points to a pathology in his teeth. Was on display at the Western Science Center, Hemet, California.

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Week 2 of #maystodon2025 : a forelimb of a Pacific mastodon (Mammut pacificus). This uses to be on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum, California.

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Week 3 of #maystodon2025 : a partial tusk of the early mastodon Zygolophodon. On Display at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon.

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Welcome to #maystodon2025 ! Kicking things off is the Tunica Bayou mastodon. This American mastodon was found in 1959 on Cliffwood Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. On display at the Museum of Natural Sciences, University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

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