Mastodon Bones Found in New York Resident's Backyard
"This discovery is a testament to the rich paleontological history of New York," New York State Museum's Robert Feranec said.
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 ...
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 ...
They Thought It Was an Old Baseball. It Was a Mastodon Tooth.
Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not ...
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Couple Finds Giant Teeth in Backyard Belonging to 13,000-year-old Mastodon
In late September, a married couple in Scotchtown, New York, found themselves at the crossroads of paleontology and ...
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A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw
Mastodons were large, tusked, elephant-like mammals distantly related to woolly mammoths and modern elephants. Slightly ...
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New York homeowner makes groundbreaking prehistoric discovery – the first in over a decade
The mastodon jaw belonged to an adult, officials said. There was also a piece of a toe bone and a rib fragment belonging to the evolutionary cousin of the woolly mammoth. Both prehistoric mammals ...
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New York Homeowner Makes Mastodon Discovery in Backyard
A New York homeowner unearthed a mastodon jaw that was peeking from beneath the soil in the backyard of their home.
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, ...