UL Team Investigates Local Mastodon Find

[CajunFun]

Quentin Carrier, exploring his property in Church Point stumbled across something unusual, an object covered in mud and clay, with odd ridges that looked tooth-like.

https://thecurrentla.com/2025/ul-pro...sil-discovery/

[CajunNation]

Very cool.

My Great Uncle, Ralph Brasseaux, had discovered a fossil in Henry. It used to be displayed in the USL library a long time ago. I think it was from a Triceratops.

[ronnied]

Very cool.

My Great Uncle, Ralph Brasseaux, had discovered a fossil in Henry. It used to be displayed in the USL library a long time ago. I think it was from a Triceratops.

The fossil Mr. Ralph found was a mastodon tooth. I was in a Zoology class with Dr. Eyster (head of biology dept) in the early 80s & he showed us the tooth. At that time the tooth was in the biology museum. Being from Henry, that weekend, I spoke to Mr. Ralph & told him Dr. Eyster showed us the tooth. Mr. Ralph was ____ed because he said the biology dept. said they would give him the tooth back, but never returned it to him.

[CajunNation]

The fossil Mr. Ralph found was a mastodon tooth. I was in a Zoology class with Dr. Eyster (head of biology dept) in the early 80s & he showed us the tooth. At that time the tooth was in the biology museum. Being from Henry, that weekend, I spoke to Mr. Ralph & told him Dr. Eyster showed us the tooth. Mr. Ralph was ____ed because he said the biology dept. said they would give him the tooth back, but never returned it to him.

Thank you for the info. I remembered it was a tooth, I couldn't remember which animal. Uncle Ralph was quite a character. I remember he had an old bayonet on the back wall of his store. He was a WWII vet. He got shot twice on DDay.