[Rockhounds] NY homeowner makes jaw-dropping mastodon discovery in backyard 1 day ago

[Stephen Shimatzki]

What I'm surpassed about is the press is from bbc... you'd think something
like this would of made headlines in USAToday or something domestic.   I
guess our media really is dead...

I hope they find more near by... Unless it was moved during its original
butchery,  teeth and jaws should give an idea where to find the legs and
ribs,  etc...

Steve,
Ohio


On Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 2:51 PM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> That's pretty ambiguous. First find in 11 years where? In their backyard?
> Orange County? New York? I kid, I know they want to get more eyes on their
> ads. I do like the jaw dropping pun, I hope that was on porpoise :D
>
> Tim Fisher
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> A New York resident has unearthed a mastodon jaw protruding out of the
> topsoil in the backyard of their home, the first such find in more than 11
> years.
>
> Researchers, who were alerted to the jaw-dropping scientific discovery in
> Orange County, spent about two and a half days digging at the home,
> uncovering more mastodon bone fragments and a complete adult jaw.
>
> Mastodons are related to the modern day elephant and now-extinct mammoths.
> Historians say the ancient beasts lived across the Earth, but only fossils
> found in North America have been strictly identified.
>
> "I'm thrilled that our property has yielded such an important find for the
> scientific community," the homeowner said in a statement.
>
> "When I found the teeth and examined them in my hands, I knew they were
> something special and decided to call in the experts," he said.
>
> The mastodon jaw recovered by the staff from the New York State Museum and
> the State University of New York is well preserved and can help provide
> insight as to which creatures inhabited the area during the Ice Age.
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> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05p9gld4v9o
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