New York Man Discovers Mastodon Jaw

New York Homeowners Unearth Complete Mastodon Jaw While Gardening
In Scotchtown, about 70 miles northwest of New York City, one couple came upon an unusual and thrilling paleontological find in their backyard.
Complete mastodon jaw discovered in New York homeowner's backyard
A complete and well-preserved jaw that once belonged to an ancient mastodon has been unearthed from the yard of a home in New York's Hudson Valley.
Man discovers giant mastodon jaw in his backyard
“When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands, I knew they were something special and decided to call in the experts,” the Orange County resident said in the NYSM’s December 17th announcement, adding that he was “thrilled” by the discovery.
New York resident finds 11,000-year-old mastodon jaw in backyard
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Prehistoric mastodon jaw found in backyard of New York home
A backyard in Orange County, New York, became the site of an incredible discovery of a complete mastodon jaw -- the first find like it in New York in more than 11 years.
New York man finds mastodon jaw while gardening in his backyard
Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his New York home.
'I knew they were something special': New York homeowner discovers mastodon jaw fossils in backyard
A New York homeowner, in Scotchtown, Orange County, was "thrilled" to find mastodon fossils in their backyard, which museum staff plan to study to learn more about the last ice age.
New York Homeowner’s Yardwork Reveals Complete Mastodon Jaw Bones and Teeth
Mastodon remains are much rarer than those of North American mammoth species, and Orange County is a hot bed of mastodon bones.
Homeowner finds whole mastodon jaw under his lawn
A homeowner doing routine work on his backyard made a jaw-some discovery. The owner of the home near Scotchtown, New York, found two teeth covered by the frontals of a plant on the property. Upon further digging, the resident uncovered two more tooth fossils that were just inches beneath the dirt, according to the New York State Museum on Tuesday.
Mastodon teeth found in couple's backyard may shed light on New York's Ice Age
The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant mammals.
Mastodon jaw unearthed in New York backyard. See the photos
A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed from the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, the first of this kind of find in the state in over 11 years, by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange,
They thought it was an old baseball. It was a mastodon tooth.
The discovery of the remarkably well-preserved mastodon jaw was announced Tuesday by the New York State Department of ...
Prehistoric mastodon jaw found in backyard by NY homeowner who spotted teeth sticking up from soil
An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard of a Hudson Valley house after the homeowner initially saw ...