A mastodon jaw was concealed by a plant in a Scotchtown family's yard. Now it's part of Orange County's growing list of ...

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The museum says Orange County is a “hotspot” for mastodon fossils. About 50 have been found there over the years. Mastodons ...

In a press release about the discovery, NYSED said over 150 mastodon fossils have been found in the state to date, of which ...

Remarkably well preserved ice age remains like those discovered recently in a yard near Scotchtown, N.Y., are rare — but not ...

The New York State Museum is hailing it as a "major discovery" that will help scientists better understand once-abundant ...

A complete mastodon jaw was unearthed from the backyard of a residence near Scotchtown, the first of this kind of find in the ...

New York State Museum and SUNY Orange researchers recovered the jaw ... leaves heavy damage in home The jaw belonged to an adult mastodon and was found poking out of the topsoil.

“I’m so excited that our yard had something so important for science.” A backyard in Orange County, New York, became the site of an incredible discovery of a complete mastodon jaw -- the ...

"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 ...