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(DSM# 10768) Mississippi is home to the largest deposits of petrified wood east of the Mississippi.

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(unnumbered) The state fossil of Mississippi is the 'toothed whale". Basilosaurus cetoides is one of the two species of toothed whale found in the state, the other being Zygorhiza kochii.

(no number) Preserved ivory varies widely in appearance from one site to the next, but the tusk itself can easily be mistaken for petrified wood because it forms concentric rings as the animal grows. Tusk fragments are generally thin, with a slight…

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(DSM #FQP106) This fossil is exceptional because it shows a partial jaw of a baby mastodon. The molar preserved within still has the high cusps because the animal was not alive long enough for the teeth to be worn down from eating.