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- Collection: Dunn-Seiler Museum
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Mammuthus sp. (Brooks 1828) Partial Mammoth tooth
(no number) Mammoth teeth are much more flattened than those of the Mastodon.
Odocoileus sp. (Rafinesque 1832) Deer humerus
(no number) Deer of the Pleistocene were very similar to the white tailed deer that are still common in North and Central America today.
Lignite Coal from Mississippi
(unnumbered)
Slab of Limestone containing multiple marine fossils including Trilobites Snails Brachiopods and Crinoids
(DSM# 10767)
Bony fish fossil - articulated
(DSM# FK196) This articulated (intact) fish skeleton found in north Mississippi has not yet been identified.
Anomoedus sp. (Forir 1887) Fish tooth plate
(DSM# K83) Extinct order of bony fish.
Unidentified Fish Scales - Fossil poop
(DSM# CH507) Unidentied fish scales. Possibly preserved in a coprolite (preserved poop).
Squalicorax prisnodontus kaupi (Agassiz 1835) Shark tooth
(DSM# 10752) Extinct family of scavenging shark.
Cretelamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835) Shark tooth
(DSM# 10753) Extinct family of predatory shark that may be the ancestor of mega-toothed shark such as Megalodon and Otodus.
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon texanus (Agassiz 1843) Goblin Shark Teeth
(DSM# 10764) The Goblin shark is a deep water scavenger that is still alive today.