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

The mandible belongs to an adult mastodon, an iconic species of North America that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. This jawbone is the first found in New York State in more than a decade.

The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public display next year.

mastodons were found in woodlands and swampy areas across Central and North America. Mastodon fossils have been unearthed across the U.S., with notable discoveries in areas like Florida ...

Experts have already confirmed the jaw, along with toe and rib fragments, belonged to an adult mastodon, one of the many that thrived across portions of North America. Fossil evidence indicates ...

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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 are distant relatives of modern elephants. They lived in North America from ...

The museum says Orange County is a “hotspot” for mastodon fossils ... They lived in North America from about 3.75 million to 11,000 years ago.