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Rare mammoth tusk discovered in river by local treasure hunter

Fossil Belonged to Relative of Woolly Giant

An American has spotted an intact, two-metre-long mammoth tusk sticking out of the bank of the Mississippi River. The huge fossil belonged to a Columbian mammoth, which is thought to be related to the woolly mammoth. The discovery in this area marks the first time an archaeological artifact has been discovered.

The fossil belonged to a relative of the woolly giant Photo: mdeq.ms.gov

Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton has discovered a prehistoric treasure in rural Madison County along the Mississippi River.

“It never occurred to me until recently that it might be a mammoth tusk, not a mastodon. When I found out who it actually belonged to, I was even more excited,” Templeton told the Clarion Ledger. “I always hoped to find a mammoth piece, but it's very rare here.”

Analysis of the remains revealed that the ancient animal lived in southern Costa Rica, and its diet consisted mainly of grass, leaves and flowers. Although Columbian mammoths were the largest species of mammoth, they died out around 11,000 to 13,000 years ago, while woolly mammoths outlived them by around 6,000 years.

«It felt like it needed to be taken out because once it starts to dry out, it starts to flake and can deteriorate quickly,» Templeton explains. — «Our intention from the beginning was to try to protect it, to get it out of the creek and put it in a more favorable environment to protect it.»

According to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Protection, typically when tusks are found in Mississippi, they are only fragments.

The fossil hunter has found rare archaeological sensations before. He has found the remains of giant beavers and saber-toothed cats. But according to ABC News, the mammoth tusk will go down as his best find yet. Templeton believes the most important archaeological artifact is a mastodon jawbone with a row of teeth.

Paleontologists are reportedly waiting for the tusk to dry completely so they can continue their assessment and find out how old the mammoth was when it died.

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