Fla. teen stumbles upon mammoth tooth

yahoo ^ | Feb 20 | ap

[george76]

archaeologists say could be the biggest fossil find in Pinellas County in nearly a century...

The jaw and tooth weigh 65 pounds and are about a yard long. Sarti-Sweeney took the bones home and, after some online research with her older brother, determined the football-sized rock was actually the tooth of a long-extinct mammoth.

Paleontology and archaeology experts have confirmed the find, and recent digging at the site has turned up teeth and bones from a second mammoth, giant sloths, camels, turtles with shells up to 6-feet-long, saber-toothed cats and giant armadillos the size of Volkswagen Beetles.

Scientists believe the remains are between 10,000 and 100,000 years old.

"It's possible that it's an old river valley, (and) the animals got caught in the muck or the river washed all these animals down into one place at one time," he said. "We can get a better handle on it by analyzing the soil," said Richard Estabrook, director of USF's Florida Public Archaeology Network.

[george76]

They sure sure got around

[LukeL]

Yeah, I forgot to check the image size, my bad.

[FreeKeys]

Outstanding. Thanks for the ping.

[RunningWolf]

giant armadillos the size of Volkswagen Beetles

Wow! That means they have to find a giant armadillo the size of mini-vans over in Texas, because everyone knows that everything is bigger in Texas.

[Grizzled Bear]

My view skips from post 3 to post 5. What's up?

[RunningWolf]

Yes that is amazing isn't it? I swear the little ones can get 40" of lift in a flat out run. Obviously you have seen how fast they can dig too then

Maybe they could have the extinct armadillo Olympics.

[treffner]

"Scientists believe the remains are between 10,000 and 100,000 years old."


WOW, its not really an exact science is it? thats quite a range there.

LOL, how much is that new car?
well, its between $10,000 and $100,000.

[null and void]

Interesting, no post #4...

[Fred Nerks]

"It's possible that it's an old river valley, (and) the animals got caught in the muck or the river washed all these animals down into one place at one time,"

sounds catastrophic.

[elephantlips]

Can you imagine what a toothache would be like?

[RunningWolf]

It always has that appearance. But no, no, modern science cant look there.

Its all about protecting the ivory tower/fortress.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Fred Nerks: sounds catastrophic

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[Fred Nerks]

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[aruanan]

I know someone who found about half a mastodon tooth in this same county back in the 70's. It was in the stuff dredged out of a rain retention pond. Florida is one gigantic shoal of fossils. All over Pinellas County at a depth of about 7 feet is a layer of still-shiny sea shells.

[SantosLHalper]

"It's possible that it's an old river valley, (and) the animals got caught in the muck or the river washed all these animals down into one place at one time,"

sounds catastrophic.

1.Global Warming
2.It's Bush's fault

[RunningWolf]

Wow!

Saving that article.

/the battle was over, that the critics had won. Mainstream science, he said, would never permit an objective hearing on the subject of ******/

He was wrong though, the battle is never over (by mans will) but I can understand why he was overwhelmed by that emotional conclusion.

[isom35]

did the teen give out a Homeresque "Doh!" when the stumble occurred?

[Fred Nerks]

I hoped you would like it...