“But as we poked around that other tooth, it wasn’t moving ... Orange County is well-known for its mastodon fossils—in fact, about a third of the 150 mastodon fossils unearthed in New ...

“When I found the teeth and examined them ... a piece of a toe and rib fragment. The fossils will be carbon-dated and analyzed to figure out the mastodon’s age, diet and habitat, officials ...

who noticed a piece of a mastodon jaw protruding from the topsoil, according to the New York State Museum. The homeowner saw two teeth of the fossil hidden by the fronds of a plant in their ...

The jaw is believed to have “belonged to an adult” mastodon and is the first such find in New York in over 11 years. “When I found the teeth and ... Million-Year-Old Fossil During Fishing ...

"Mastodon teeth are pretty readily identifiable," Harris said. Mastodon fossils have regularly been found in Orange County. A mastodon jaw was unearthed on a Scotchtown property in Orange County ...

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.

“He picked them up and realised they were teeth,” he said ... from this region”. The fossils will be carbon-dated and analysed to determine the mastodon’s age, diet and habitat during ...