LA Times and social accounts extend coverage of the find
1 Sep 10 · 13d ago · 5 articles · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
The Los Angeles Times ran its own account of the discovery, and Midpen's social channels shared details of the Pacific mastodon species and its Ice Age ecosystem alongside the fossil news.
“It really stuck out. I had no idea what it was. I thought maybe it was a mollusk or something, but that didn't make sense since it wasn't near the ocean.”
Brigid Lynch, Geomorphologist who found the tooth · rss ↗Brigid Lynch Geomorphologist, Balance HydrologicsWayne Thompson Paleontologist, owner of Pacific PaleontologyRyan McCauley Spokesman, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space DistrictChristine Garcia Curator, Doerr School of Sustainability specimen collection, StanfordMatt Sharp Chaney Biologist, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
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first by LA Times, 13d ago · also PennLive, MassLive, The Oregonian, The New York Times, NYT Science, Smithsonian +2
6 more headlines
- Massive Ice Age-era mastodon tooth found in California creek ktla.com · 13d ago
- Rare Ice Age discovery found in California creek PennLive · 12d ago
- A Mastodon Tooth From the Ice Age Is Discovered in a California Creek The New York Times · 12d ago
- Mastodon tooth found in California creek Mastodon · 12d ago
- A Mastodon Tooth Is Discovered in a California Creek NYT Science · 11d ago
- A Geologist in California Found Something Strange Sticking Out of a Creek. A Reverse Image Search Told Her It Was an Ancient Mastodon Tooth Smithsonian · 8d ago
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first by KXAN Austin, 11d ago · also Yahoo News Canada, AP News, Toronto Star, KCRA, Philadelphia Inquirer, CP24
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- Tooth from another time: Mastodon fossil found in San Francisco creek Yahoo News Canada · 9d ago
- Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area Phys.org · 8d ago
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A geologist in California who was surveying a San Mateo County creek stumbled upon a preserved Pacific mastodon molar estimated to be at least 10,000 years old.
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In mastodon news today: 10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon tooth discovered in Midpen preserve Fossil discovered in a creek within the forests of San Mateo County https:// msg.openspace.org/mastodon-too th # mastodon # archeology
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Which one of you is this Mastodon tooth found in San Francisco Bay Area https:// apnews.com/article/fossilized- mastodon-tooth-discovery-california-f7acdd7f3a1240ed0710313e2ab87dc8
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“An exceptionally preserved fossilized tooth belonging to an ancient Pacific mastodon (Mammut pacificus) was recently discovered in a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) preserve in San Mateo County. The fossil was discovered in a creek bed by geomorphologist Brigid Lynch. What initially appeared to be an oddly shaped rock was later…
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Mastodon is older than expected! 👏 Let's make it another 10,000 years 👍 https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/12/fossilized-mastodon-tooth-10000-years-found-california # mastodon # fediverse
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“A # researcher surveying a San Mateo County creek stumbled upon a preserved Pacific # mastodon # molar estimated to be at least ***10,000*** years old.” https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/ice- age-mastodon-tooth-bay-area.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.Czv_.9DNDEv0bDkWd&smid=url-share
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What looked like a rock turned out to be something almost unimaginable https://www. nj.com/news/2026/09/what-looke d-like-a-rock-turned-out-to-be-something-almost-unimaginable.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into New Jersey news @ new-jersey-news-NJcom
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2/ 'Oddly shaped rock' unearthed in California turns out to be 'immaculate' # mastodon molar https://www. livescience.com/animals/extinc t-species/oddly-shaped-rock-unearthed-in-california-turns-out-to-be-immaculate-mastodon-molar
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10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon tooth discovered in Midpen preserve, San Mateo County https:// msg.openspace.org/mastodon-too th
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Ooo Mastadon is mainstream enough for the NY Times! https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/12/us/ice- age-mastodon-tooth-bay-area.html
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Mastodon. Teeth! TEETH! https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/s ep/12/fossilized-mastodon-tooth-10000-years-found-california
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