Third installment of #gomphtober2026 partial teeth of the "shovel-tusker" Amebelodon from Oregon. On display at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

#fossilfriday #johndayfossilbedsnationalmonument #prehistoricoregon #elephant

Second installment of #gomphtober2026 . Skull of Stegomastodon from Elephant Butte (i think), New Mexico. Was on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Albuquerque.

#newmexicomuseumofnaturalhistoryandscience #albuquerque #prehistoricnewmexico #elephant

Welcome to #gomphtober2026 . Kicking things off is the lower jaw of Torynobelodon, a shovel-tusker found in Cherry County, Nebraska. On diaplay at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.

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