Mammuthus primigenius woolly mammoth tooth Troodon This crest may have been

This crest may have been used in headbutting contests between males during the breeding season

bony crest was as bigger than the rest of its skull and may have been used to produce a low-frequency

Its rarity may be related to the fact that it was a deep-water species and rarely strayed into shallow waters where it could be preserved and found after it died

its carcass could lay unscavanged and undisturbed in the oxygen-depleted lake bottom

This specimen is 48 inches long on a 54 inch matrix

Mammuthus primigenius woolly mammoth tooth Troodon This crest may have beenPleistocene Florida, USA Mammuthus primigenius was the true Woolly Mammoth Mammoth remains have been found in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. They are believed to have originally evolved in North Africa about 4. 8 million years ago, during the Pliocene, where bones of Mammuthus africanavus have been found in Chad, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Mammuthus subplanifrons, found in South Africa and Kenya, is also believed to be one of the oldest