THE TAKEAWAY
- An intact adult Pacific mastodon molar was discovered in a California Midpen preserve.
- Mastodons were massive herbivores that went extinct roughly 11,700 years ago.
- The tooth was donated to Stanford University for carbon dating and research.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. — A massive fossilized tooth discovered in a California preserve is giving scientists a rare glimpse into the Ice Age and the prehistoric creatures that once roamed the San Francisco Bay Area.
ANCIENT SECRETS UNLOCKED OF HIDDEN UNDERGROUND FROM EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED SNAKE FOSSIL WITH SKULL INTACT…