'Once-in-a-lifetime' discovery: Woolly Mammoth tooth found at Iowa construction site

This tooth is suspected to be over 20,000 years old.

He discovered a woolly mammoth tooth while on a construction site in the city of Sheldon,Justin Blauwet found the tooth. He said it was laying there, clearly exposed during excavation.

According to a paleontology professor, Blauwet got lucky because most woolly mammoth teeth disintegrate quickly.It will be on"semi-permanently loaned display" in Northwest Iowa Community College's Sheldon Prairie Museum.

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