S291 - Nicely Preserved Huge Ice Age Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Upper Molar Tooth Prognathodon curii it has not been repaired

it has not been repaired (filled)

Since the oil shales the fossils at Messel are filled with water they would disintegrate if allowed to dry out

The travertine deposits in the Denizli Basin are Pleistocene in age

Link to info about Tiaojishan Formation: Tiaojishan Formation

† Ameropiltonia

S291 - Nicely Preserved Huge Ice Age Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Upper Molar Tooth Prognathodon curii it has not been repairedImpressive "Upper Jaw" maxillary molar tooth belonging to the famous and enormous Ice Age Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). Completely natural, without restorations or repairs. Only a colorless professional stabilizer called Paraloid B72 has been applied to ensure its proper preservation. These types of teeth, have been exposed to extremely high humidity levels for thousands of years or even frozen in the permafrost. When they are unearthed, the