The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were found in late September in a backyard near Scotchtown, New York.

The mastodon jaw, along with additional bone fragments were found in the backyard in Scotchtown, Orange County.

A complete mastodon jaw fossil was found in the backyard of a New York home, the first discovery of its kind in over 11 years ...

A complete mastodon jaw and additional bone fragments were unearthed from the backyard of a home in Scotchtown, N.Y., ...

A complete mastodon jaw found by a New York homeowner will undergo "extensive scientific analysis" before being put on ...

A historic (or perhaps more accurately, prehistoric) discovery was made just under the surface of a New York homeowner’s lawn ...

The jaw, along with a piece of a toe bone and a rib fragment, was uncovered near Scotchtown by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange. The discovery began when a homeowner ...

A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed in the backyard of a house in New York, according to the New York State Museum.

The first mastodon fossil discovery in New York in over 11 years started with some routine gardening in an Orange County ...

The mastodon jaw, along with additional bone fragments were found in the backyard in Scotchtown, Orange County. A homeowner in Orange County was doing some work in his own backyard when he made a ...

In Scotchtown, about 70 miles northwest of New York City, one couple came upon an unusual and thrilling paleontological find ...