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The Columbian Mammoth: South Carolina's State Fossil
The Columbian mammoth is South Carolina's official state fossil, designated in 2014 after an eight-year-old's letter set off a memorable legislative saga. This guide covers the full story: the roughly 1725 Stono discovery often called one of North America's first correct fossil IDs, how it differed from the woolly mammoth, what teeth, ivory, and bone turn up here, and a careful, hedged look at the law on collecting and selling Ice Age fossils.
Jun 29, 2026