SHAPIRO: Not quite because, as Thompson could tell from the photos, it was actually a tooth - a huge mastodon molar almost 5 inches wide, with long roots extending below the chomping part.

So she snapped some photos and posted them on Facebook ... but she did hop on Amazon and order herself a replica mastodon tooth necklace. "You don’t often get to touch something from history ...

molar tooth of the Pacific Mastodon Mammut pacificus ... Smith called the museum to report his discovery after seeing images of the fossil on the news, officials said. "I was so excited to ...

The mastodon tooth was discovered on Rio Del Mar State ... Unsure what it was, she snapped a few pictures and posted them on Facebook. Her post caught the eye of Wayne Thompson, paleontology ...

SHE SNAPPED PHOTOS, POSTED THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ... BEST EVER. An adult mastodon tooth that was spotted at Rio Del Mar Beach in Santa Cruz County, California, is now in the hands of ...

A spokesperson from the Natural History Museum in London looked at the images and confirmed the significance of Finley's find, positively identifying it as a molar tooth of an American mastodon ...

A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed from the backyard ... The homeowner decided to take a closer look after initially finding two teeth covered by the leaves of a plant on their property ...

It’s a gigantic find. An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the homeowner initially saw a pair of teeth poking up by a plant ...

So she snapped some photos and posted them on Facebook ... but she did hop on Amazon and order herself a replica mastodon tooth necklace. "You don’t often get to touch something from history ...

An adult mastodon tooth that was spotted at Rio Del Mar Beach ... before Memorial Day.Not knowing what it was, she snapped a few photos, posted them on social media and left it on the sand.