Sheldon Mammoth
Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) at
Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon in United States

Biography

☨ ⚪ Sheldon Mammoth
Justin Blauwet of Rock Rapids holds the Mammoth molar HTTP code: 200 This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Sheldon Prairie Museum, in United States

Date of arrival

	Sheldon Prairie Museum, Sheldon, United States

Identification


Description
Species:	Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
Sex and age:	unknown, unknown age
Status:	fossil
Characteristics:	upper 3rd molar, probably a right
Origin
Born:	* over 20,000 years ago wild
Birth place:	in North America unspecified forest
Death
Dead:	†over 20,000 years ago
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, in United States

Date of arrival

	Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon from North America unspecified forest

Record history
History of updates	2022-03-17

Latest document update	2022-03-17 08:55:22

† Sheldon Mammoth is a dead fossil unknown Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), , who died at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, in United States, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Sheldon Prairie Museum, in Sheldon, United States.

Origin

Sheldon Mammoth was born wild at North America unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

DGR Engineering’s Justin Blauwet of Rock Rapids made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery Friday, March 4, 2022 at a construction site on property owned by Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. DGR officials tell us that while performing construction observation on a lift station project for the City of Sheldon, Blauwet discovered what was later confirmed to be a woolly mammoth tooth laying on the ground, clearly exposed during excavation. The tooth was near the Sheldon Rec Trail, about 800 Feet west of the Floyd River.

DGR officials tell us the tooth measures eleven by seven by four inches and weighs 11.2 pounds. Additional information on the tooth was obtained from Chris Widga, Head Curator at East Tennessee State University, who tells us it is an upper 3rd molar, probably a right. Based on the degree of wear, he says the animal was probably in its early 30s when it died.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sheldon Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) located at Sheldon Prairie Museum in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10748. (archived at the Wayback machine)