Gomphothere Mandible (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Gomphothere Mandible

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Archaeologists working in northwestern Mexico were not sure what kind of animal they had unearthed until they found this telltale jawbone, which belonged to a gomphothere.

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Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales/Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

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Joaquin Arroyo-Cabrales/Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

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