Two amateur paleontologists in Florida recently discovered a fossilized leg bone of a Colombian mammoth about 1.2 meters long by accident while diving in the area. The picture shows the remains of a complete Colombian mammoth on display at a museum in Los Angeles, California.
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The company’s diving trip to the Peace River in southwest Florida was an accidental discovery of a fossilized leg bone of a black-shaped animal.
Demeter told Fox35, “Sadler was my dive buddy, and he yelled at me, ‘Hey! I found something, it’s so cool!'”
According to the two men, it would be the thigh bone, or femur, of an Ice Age Colombian mammoth (Columbian mammoth) dating back 2.5 million to 10,000 years to the Ice Age, but the exact year has yet to be identified.
Demeter said, “The fossil is dense and I think it dates back to about 100,000 years ago.” The fossil is fairly well preserved because it was protected by river sand as it sank to the bottom of the sea.
On the same day, they also found parts of an extinct shark and the fossilized tooth tip of a saber-toothed tiger (click to see photos), and the two men exclaimed, “This is incredible!” . It is reported that Sadler had previously found mammoth bones in the same river.
Both Demeter and Sadler are usually very interested in archaeology. Demeter said, “Archaeology is like astronomy, it feels like you’ve experienced an imaginative journey through time and space.”
The two excitedly showed their new discovery on IG afterwards, with Demeter writing, “I found this huge Colombian mammoth leg bone this weekend while diving with a friend in the Peace River. It was an incredible find! About 2 to 10 million years ago, these giant animals roamed the prehistoric prairies of Florida.”
Many netizens have left comments saying “this is too crazy”, “I’ll go diving in the same place tomorrow”.
It is reported that the fossils found by Sadler before have been stored in the local natural history museum, but this time the fossils found will be placed in the classroom where Sadler teaches, for students to watch and learn.
Sadler, who is a middle school teacher, said children can see and touch the fossil with their own eyes, and can more truly understand the history of the natural world.
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