ABC Eyewitness News has a story about an “exceptionally preserved fossilized tooth.” The tooth of an American mastodon was found in a creek in California’s Bay Area. It was found by a scientist doing a survey for an environmental restoration project. The fossil may be more than 10,000 years old.

A fossilized Pacific mastodon tooth that scientists say is at least 10,000 years old and in “immaculate condition” was discovered recently in a creek bed in California, according to local officials.

The “exceptionally preserved fossilized tooth” was discovered during field surveys for a habitat enhancement project in a Midpeninsula (Midpen) Regional Open Space District preserve in San Mateo County, California, according to a Midpen press release.

“It’s the most complete mastodon molar from our area, and the most spectacular mastodon molar that I’ve ever seen,” Wayne Thompson, a paleontologist and owner of the environmental planning and management firm Pacific Paleontology, stated in the press release. “I had chills and shivers up and down my spine.”