Mastodon remains are much rarer than those of North American mammoth species, and Orange County is a hot bed of mastodon ...

In fact, 150 mastodon fossils have been found in New York alone, around a third of which within Orange County. When this newly discovered jawbone was recovered by experts, other bone fragments ...

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while ...

It was the first mastodon fossil found in the state in over 11 years. Along with the jaw, researchers also uncovered a piece of a toe bone and rib fragments, meaning that there may be additional ...

Their excavation unearthed additional fossils, including a full, well-preserved adult jaw and fragments of rib and toe bones that once belonged to a mastodon — ancient giants that existed during ...

The first mastodon fossil ever discovered in the country was identified well before the United States even declared its independence. Evidence of M. Americanum dates back to bones found in 1705 in ...

An intact prehistoric mastodon jaw was discovered in the backyard ... The jaw that belonged to an adult male and other incredible bone fragments were recently found in Orange County near ...

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard ... The jaw, along with additional bone fragments, was recovered by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange.

"Excavation efforts by Museum and SUNY Orange staff yielded a full, well-preserved mastodon jaw belonging to an adult, as well as a piece of a toe bone and a rib fragment," the state education ...

A jaw-dropping, prehistoric discovery was recently made in the backyard of a New York home. A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, New York, the ...